Which figure of speech is used in this text? During much of the twentieth century, artistic types were a dime a dozen in Greenwich Village.

This figure of speech is called an idiom. The idiom “Dime a Dozen” means that something is extremely common, or something that you see everywhere. In this case, this would mean that artistic types were found everywhere and extremely common in Greenwich Village. Hope this helps :)

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