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or less commonly five-and-ten \
ˌfīv-ən-ˈten
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plural five-and-dimes also five-and-tens
Definition of five-and-dime
: a retail store that carries a variety of chiefly inexpensive merchandise
When I was a little girl you could still buy things at the five-and-dime.— Nikki Giovanni But most five-and-dimes faded away, done in by competition from big box stores, or failure to adapt to changing tastes quickly enough.— Carl Nolte After the grocery store came the five-and-ten, a rambling, comfortable hodgepodge of unrelated items and scents.— Lee Ebler
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“Five-and-dime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/five-and-dime. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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five-and-dime
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English Language Learners Definition of five-and-dime
: a store that sells inexpensive things
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The first known use of five-and-dime was in 1880
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