Meaning Of The Word Dime novel
What's the definition of Dime novel? Find Dime novel meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Dime novel Meaning
| Dime novel Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Dime novel?
dime novel in American English
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 noun: a cheap melodramatic or sensational novel, usually in paperback and selling for ten cents, esp. such an adventure novel popular c1850 to c1920 dime novel in British English noun: (formerly) a cheap melodramatic novel, usually in paperback |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- Shaving stick ‐ noun: a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender…
- Whin ‐ furze; whinstone; noun; noun: any thorny or prickly…
- Aegisthus ‐ the son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra:…
- Sorrowful ‐ full of sorrow; feeling, causing, or expressing…
- Wood ear ‐ tree ear; noun; noun: an edible basidiomycetous…
- Bats-wing coral-tree ‐ noun: a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of…
- Carolina ‐ city in NE Puerto Rico, near San Juan: pop. 186,000…
- Poultry farm ‐ noun: a farm on which domestic fowls, esp chickens…
- Allenby ‐ ˈEdmund Henry Hynman (ˈhɪnmən ) 1st Viscount…
- Barry ‐ a masculine name; noun: a male given name: from…