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dime novel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
dime nov-el
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cheap pulp novel produced in 19th-century America.

American usage; Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

dime novels (plural)

Phrases

dime novelist penny dreadful pulp fiction

Frequently Paired Words

dime novelist gazette penny dreadful pulp fiction

Synonyms

penny dreadful

Questions

What does dime novel mean?
A cheap pulp novel produced in 19th-century America.

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