[Ads-l] "Dime Bag" Query

[Jonathan Lighter]

March 7, 1965, Chicago Tribune Magazine

There are two earlier cites meaning a ten-cent bag of anything.  (The
"grass" in 1946 is shredded paper used to represent grass in an Easter egg
basket.)

JL

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM Shapiro, Fred <
00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> I am having trouble getting into some OED entries.  Can anyone check for
> me what is the earliest citation on oed.com for "dime bag" meaning a $10
> packet of a drug ?
>
> Fred Shapiro
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