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Retroterm of the Day: Drop a dime.

April 23, 2009 //  by David Keyes

Back in day making a call from a public telephone cost ten cents.  These phones were commonly used by whistle blowers to anonymously report misdeeds.  They dropped a dime.  Those who did this were called dime droppers.

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