1966 24 Aug. 30/1 Words like ‘muska’ and ‘dime dropper’ don't show up on middle class-oriented intelligence tests.
1970 G. Scott-Heron vi. 241 Somebody inna neighborhood wuz a dime dropper.
1996 P. Beatty (1997) 85 You tell that dime-dropper Clio she better not leave her witness protection program.