Date:  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:46:02 CDT

From:  Randy Roberts <robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Drop a Dime



   I agree with Jesse on the current meaning of drop a dime, but I wonder

   if the origin of the phrase is only connected with the making of a

   phone call. Isn't it true that the underworld has, for decades,

   employed the practice of dropping a dime onto the chest of a stool

   pigeon who has recently "expired?"



   Randy Roberts