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dime novel
noun as in inexpensive melodramatic or romantic paperback novel
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But nor do they go for the dime-novel fabulism like Lipsyte's Times battery mate Arthur Daley.
"Thank you," returned Average Jones, enormously entertained by the dime-novel setting which his host had provided for him.
You ran away like a boy in a dime novel, just because you couldn't stand having anything go wrong.
No dime-novel scout was ever more unerring in his aim than I would be if I could only get another aim.
These men usually don a costume like that of the hero of a dime novel.
"I never read a dime-novel in my life," she interrupted, indignantly.
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On this page you'll find 1 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dime novel, such as: penny dreadful.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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