yankee dime

Related to yankee dime: Yankee Doodle, Wooden nickel

yankee dime

A kiss. My grandmother would always say, "Come give me a yankee dime, my dear," when she wanted a kiss.
See also: dime, Yankee
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dime store
  • kiss something goodbye
  • kiss something good-bye
  • kiss (someone or something) goodbye
  • kiss goodbye
  • kiss good-bye
  • kiss goodbye to (someone or something)
  • kiss goodbye to something
  • kiss/say goodbye to something
  • goodby