Yankee dime

noun

A kiss.

“If you bring me a glass of sweet iced tea, I will give you a Yankee dime.”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounYankee dime (plural Yankee dimes)

plural Yankee dimes

  1. UShumorousidiomaticslangsometimesAmerican SouthA kiss.

    If you bring me a glass of sweet iced tea, I will give you a Yankee dime.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
kiss
Cite this entry
APA

Yankee dime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20dime

MLA

“Yankee dime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20dime. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yankee dime,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20dime.

Source: Yankee dime on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.