Examples of dime-store in a Sentence
Adjective
a dime-store tablecloth that is certainly good enough for a picnic
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Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
How to tell a true from a false prophet, the real Christ, returned in glory, from a dime-store messiah with a huckster’s charm?
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Tommy Lee Walker, a 19-year-old Black man and new father, was convicted in 1954 of the murder of Venice Lorraine Parker, a 29-year-old white woman and dime-store clerk, under a bridge near the Love Field airport.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
How to tell a true from a false prophet, the real Christ, returned in glory, from a dime-store messiah with a huckster’s charm?
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.
—Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Dime-store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dime-store. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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