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Free sign upThe phrase "a dime in a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a context where you are referring to something of little value or a small amount, but it needs to be part of a complete expression.
Example: "Finding a good deal these days is like finding a dime in a haystack."
Alternatives: "a penny in a" or "a nickel in a".
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The third guy drops a dime in a Wurlitzer.
In one experiment in the 1970s, researchers planted a dime in a phone booth.
These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.
He put a dime in a machine for some coffee and turned to Woodward.
He said the work could be halted if they found unexpected debris the size of a dime — in a space not quite as large as an acre.
The New Yorker, September 6 , 1941P. 9 At a party at a beach club, one of the guests surprised everybody with a sleight-of-hand trick: you put a dime in a milk bottle, shake the bottle hard from side to side, and out pops the dime, right through the glass.
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"He introduced a bill without a dime in it.
As they used to say at the Post, "In for a dime, in for a dollar".
"In for a dime, in for a dollar," he commented to aides, who ribbed him about his role change.
Institute for Policy Integrity, said, "It's also so you don't have agencies turning on a dime in response to an election".
But it is smaller proportionally than some earlier increases, including the jump from a nickel, to a dime in 1948.
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