Meaning of dime dropper | Babel Free

Definitions

A snitch or informer.

US, slang

Examples

“Although this story predated the Kunkle episode, something told me that with dime-droppers afoot, both men and women naturally become more cautious. After all, informality could be misinterpreted, and as the Navy puts it, discovery in these cases is a "career ender."”

““We go to the streets, a few dime droppers just got released yesterday, they still might know something"”

“All those submitted complaint forms from the snitches, rats, and dime droppers about us "The Cash Bunch " and our ruling profitable empire, marking us as nigger misfits, drug smuggling monkeys tarnishing the prestige omega oasis of Wilhelm Prep and what have you.”

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