Definition of DIME NOVEL

Examples of dime novel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Though many prominent opinion-havers rage about the imminent death of the English language at the hands of emoji-wielding teenagers, the Internet has done no more harm to English than television, radio, or dime novels. — Mara Katz, Ars Technica, "Because Internet makes a linguist’s case for l33t speak, other online-text fads," 2 Nov. 2019 But the frontier was closed, and its memory was already being turned into myth in dime novels, westerns, and Wild West shows. — David Treuer, Harper's magazine, "2020 Vision," 10 Jan. 2019 Westerns have been selling variations on this sort of story since the silent days (and in dime novels before that). — Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press, "Review: ‘The Rider’ is a Western like no other," 18 May 2018

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