English Explanatory Dictionary

a dime a dozen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. So common as to be practically or almost worthless.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, dime, a, dozen: sold at twelve (12) units per dime (10¢).

Pronunciation

en-au-dime a dozen.ogg

Word forms

a dime a dozen

Etymology

With literal origins; now usually in the figuratively extended sense.

Synonyms

ten a penny average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian plain quotidian regular routinary routine two a penny usual workaday not worth a dime bastardly blown cacky chaffy cocking crapalicious cruddy cullionly draffish draffy dreckish drecky duffing floccinaucinihilipilificatious for the birds fucking garbagey good-for-naught good-for-nothing goodless ineffectual invaluable jabberwocky junky mouldy mucid naughty no-account no good / no-good nonvaluable not worth a damn not worth a plug nickel not worth a brass farthing not worth a cent

Related words

dime-a-dozen dime store five-and-dime buyer's market
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