dime-dropperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

dime dropper (複数形 dime droppers)

1. (US, slang) A snitch or informer.
   • 2005, Richard F. Miller, A Carrier at War: On Board the USS Kitty Hawk in the Iraq War

     Although this story predated the Kunkle episode, something told me that with dime-droppers afoot, both men and women naturally become more cautious. After all, informality could be misinterpreted, and as the Navy puts it, discovery in these cases is a "career ender."

   • 2009, Abisai Estrella, A Reason for Retribution (page 193)

     “We go to the streets, a few dime droppers just got released yesterday, they still might know something"

   • 2016, Jermar Jerome Smith, Shawty

     All those submitted complaint forms from the snitches, rats, and dime droppers about us "The Cash Bunch " and our ruling profitable empire, marking us as nigger misfits, drug smuggling monkeys tarnishing the prestige omega oasis of Wilhelm Prep and what have you.