A North Carolina man says he was surprised as a child when he did a chore for his grandmother, and the Yankee dime she promised him turned out to be a peck on the cheek. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Paid with a Yankee...
put a dime in someone v. phr.— «Who put a dime in you? It doesn’t matter what I say…you are going to say the opposite side and take everything out of context.» —“Re: White Privilege over Negroes?” by...
put a nickel in someone v. phr. to provoke a person to excitement or talkativeness; to rile or anger someone; to cause someone to act. Also put a quarter in someone and, rarely, put a dime in someone. Etymological Note: From comparison of a person...
Yankee dime
n.— «If you’ll do me this favor in double quick time,/You shall have my best wishes and a Yankee dime.» —Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) Jan. 13, 1846. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
dime piece n.— «I’m like a dime piece…you know a dime piece you don’t know if you should holla at the b***h or not.» —“Soundslam Interviews Godwon” by Henry Adaso Soundslam Dec. 4, 2005...
pull-up man n.— «Ninety percent of today’s pull-up men will lose ten thousand, a big dime as it’s known in the parlance of the day. All signs point towards today’s ten grand Omaha event being made up of two types of people—caked up...