Dime Novel Definition

noun
A hack paperback novel of a type popular in the later 19th and early 20th cent., usually sensational or melodramatic and originally costing a dime.
Webster's New World

(US, dated) A cheap pulp novel produced in 19th century America.

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Noun

Singular:
dime novel
Plural:
dime novels

Origin of Dime Novel

  • After the Dime Book Series , published by Erastus Flavel Beadle (1821–1894)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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