[Ads-l] Antedating of "Dime Bag" (Drug Quantity)

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dime bag (OED., b., 1965)

1964 Rockford (Ill.) Register-Republic 28 Dec. 1/5 (Newspapers.com)

"Pops,' he continued, can be purchased in $5 or $10 amounts, which addicts and dealers call "nickel and dime bags."

Fred Shapiro

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