The phrase "about a dime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a small amount of money, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "The cost of the item was about a dime, making it an easy purchase."
Alternatives: "roughly ten cents" or "approximately a dime."
(A kilowatt-hour sells for about a dime and will move a car three or four miles).
The price of the average gallon of regular unleaded gasoline on Tuesday remained at nearly $4.11, the same as the day before, and about a dime more than a month ago and $1.14 more than a year ago.
In other words, "won't pay a dime" meant that taxpayers would get about a dime back for every dollar spent.
A dime? Who cares about a dime these days?
LookSmart was trading for barely more than $1 and Webvan shares cost about a dime.
That's about a dime per pure milligram, compared with $2.50 a pure milligram in New York during the "French Connection" days.
Anecdote about a friend of ours who pulled up to a parking meter near Bloomingdale's and was about to put a dime in it when… Talk story about Mayor Charles W. Leeman, of Omaha, who attended the Mayor's Conference here.
You only need about a dime-sized amount to cover your whole face.
With circular motion and a little bit of pressure, thoroughly scour the inner surface of the lens with about a dime-sized drop of toothpaste for several minutes.
Anecdote about a friend of ours who pulled up to a parking meter near Bloomingdale's and was about to put a dime in it when a lady approached and asked him if she had to put money in her meter.
By A. Milch and Burton Bernstein The New Yorker, August 16 , 1969P. 26 Anecdote about a friend of ours who pulled up to a parking meter near Bloomingdale's and was about to put a dime in it when a lady approached and asked him if she had to put money in her meter.
