On the dime landing
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On the dime landing
Hi
What is the meaning of "on the dime landing" in the following sentence?
He peered about for a long time on the dime landing before he found the name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors.
From the short story "The Chaser" by John Collier
Comments
I think this could this be a misprint for
on the dim landing
LATER
I've googled the quote. And yes, the word is indeed dim.
Hi
thanks, you are right as always, it is "dim" not " dime"
But It was not my fault, I saw that sentense in some pages in the internet, for example in the following link line 23.
https://sites.google.com/a/g.riverhead.net/dickersonss/-the-chaser
and in these links:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.lcsnc.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=18933&dataid=26334&FileName=The%20Chaser%20Vocabulary.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjswM_buI7iAhUNNBQKHX8xDrQQFjAKegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0dzzM1Zi7R3QWheKjxKLpe&cshid=1557405017634
Or
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://thereycenter.org/uploads/3/4/3/2/3432754/the_chaser-collier.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjswM_buI7iAhUNNBQKHX8xDrQQFjALegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw3tmcn63kOa0mKW14-do9ap&cshid=1557405017634