five-and-tens

variants also five-and-dimes
plural of five-and-ten

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Noun
  • For Paul Smith’s pink wall and chic boutiques head over to Melrose Ave.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Almost all our boutiques are selling more product, more ready-to-wear.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The title of the episode refers to its two pivotal phone exchanges.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In the late 1980s, the University of Iowa began operating real-money futures exchanges to forecast presidential elections.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Five-and-tens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five-and-tens. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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