PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 160
COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 03regionalNO SINGLE PIN
1786 coin-sense horizon
United States
dime DOSSIER ↗The older tenth-word is applied to the ten-cent coin. Merriam-Webster reports 1786 as the first known use for that sense.
- COORDINATES STORED
- NO
- HONEST TO PLOT
- NO
- PLACEMENT MODE
- regional
- TIME PRECISION
- exact
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
1786 is the reviewed lexicographic first-use year for the coin sense, not proof of the first spoken use.
PLACE IN GLOBAL CHRONOLOGY ↗DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE
AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.
Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.
- supports
Dime — Definition and Word History
Reports 1786 for the ten-cent coin sense.
First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗