dime bag
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- noun
- /ˈdaɪm bæg/
- NSFW
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bolsa de diez
- Probably the last time you saw him, he and his brother Zurab were pushing dime bags on the streets of Georgia.
- sell a dime bag
Examples
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The police found a dime bag hidden in his backpack during the search.
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Listen, can I get that dime bag, though?
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It's not about kids selling dime bags on the corner.
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I drove five hours across state lines to buy a dime bag.
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Jay pockets the rest of his dime bag.
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You know what, I'm gonna take a dime-bag of each.
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But if you want, our friend Boog here has a dime bag of some very skunky shit.
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He paid twenty dollars for two dime bags of marijuana.
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After school, he met his friend in the parking lot to buy a dime bag.
Synonyms
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A drug people smoke to feel relaxed or high
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A small bag of illegal drugs sold for ten dollars
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A small wrapped packet of illegal drugs for sale
Surface Forms
Morphology
The drug-related sense of 'dime bag' depends on slang and cultural knowledge (that 'dime' here denotes a ten-dollar quantity) rather than a straightforward combination of 'dime' (a coin) + 'bag' (container). A B1 learner who knows the literal meanings of the constituents would not reliably infer this illicit-drug meaning, so the expression is idiomatic and unpredictable.
Etymology
The noun dime bag likely comes from the small paper or plastic bag people bought for a 'dime', meaning 'ten dollars'. So dime bag now means 'a small packet of illegal drugs', especially marijuana.