five-and-ten

five-and-ten
\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : a store selling articles priced at 5 or 10 cents
2. : a variety store selling inexpensive articles of merchandise

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/fuyv"euhn ten"/, n.
1. Also called five-and-ten-cent store /fuyv"euhn ten"sent'/, five-and-dime /fuyv"euhn duym"/, dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.
[1875-80]

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five-and-ten variant UK US
Main entry: five-and-dime

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five-and-ten «FYV uhn TEHN», noun.
U.S. Informal. a dime store.

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five-and-ten [five-and-ten] (also five-and-ten-cent store ; five-and-dime ; dime store ; )noun (AmE old use)
a type of large shop/ ↑store in the US selling cheap goods. The first of them were opened in 1879 by F W Woolworth and for many years they sold everything at a price of either five cents or ten cents. The last 400 five-and-tens in the US closed in 1997.
See also:dime store five-and-dime

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • five-and-ten-cent store — ☆ five and ten cent store [fīv′ən ten′sent΄ ] n. a store that sells a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise, orig. with many articles priced at five or ten cents: also five and ten or five and dime [fīv′ən dīm′] n. * * * ➡ five and ten * * * …   Universalium

  • five-and-ten — noun Etymology: from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents Date: 1880 a retail store that carries chiefly inexpensive merchandise (as notions and household goods) called also five and dime …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • five-and-ten — noun A five and dime …   Wiktionary

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  • five-and-dime — (fīv ən dīmʹ) n. See five and ten. * * * ➡ five and ten * * * …   Universalium

  • five-and-dime — or ,five and ten noun count AMERICAN OLD FASHIONED a store that sells a variety of goods that are not expensive: DIME STORE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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