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\ ˌfīv-ən-ˈdīm 
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\variants:
or less commonly five-and-ten \ ˌfīv-ən-ˈten \
\ 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
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of five-and-dime
US, old-fashioned : 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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