| 词汇 | drop a dime |
| 词源 | drop a dime. To make a phone call to police detectives in- forming on someone. Dime dropper refers to a rat, a snitch, a stool pigeon, among other choice terms. The term, still in use, dates back to the 1960s, when a phone call cost a dime. |
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