[PW] A dime a dozen

[AllenAmet at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/2007 9:40:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
patricia_hatch at harvard.edu writes:

> . Phr. a dime a dozen, so plentiful as to be almost worthless. Also
> dime-a-dozen attrib. phr. N. Amer. colloq. 
> 
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Hi

  Did those ubiquitous "Dime Novels" ever (perhaps) contain multiple short 
stories, hence a "dime a dozen"?

  Just musing... it does seem a stretch...

Allen
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