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Dime a Dozen

To be common and cheap; easy to access and obtainable everywhere

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  • The U.S. Continental Congress officially announced the ten-cent coin a "dime” in 1786. It became a famous coin that almost everyone had because it was very cheap and easy to get. So this expression became common to refer anything that was easy to access. To make this expression catchy, the word ‘dozen’ was used with ‘dime’ as both begin with the same letter ‘D’.
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Andre thought his software is rare, but I found it is a dime a dozen.

Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Dime a Dozen':

dime a dozenSo common as to be practically worthless.
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