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
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Other Word Forms of Dime Novel
Noun
Singular:
dime novel
Plural:
dime novelsOrigin 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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