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DIME NOVEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A melodramatic paperback novel
Synonyms:
dime novel; penny dreadful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dime novel" is a kind of...):
novel (an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story)