dime store

American  

noun

1. five-and-ten.

2. Bowling. a split in which the five and ten pins remain standing.

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Etymology

Origin of dime store

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

And stop subjecting the readers of this fine newspaper to his bitterness and dime store psychiatry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Charlotte Smith was raised in the small town of Borger, Texas, by parents who ran a five and dime store, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

"And it might bring back some memories of a time you had with your family going to the dime store or whatnot," Kallmyer said.

From Fox News • Dec. 2, 2021

Robert Lee DeProspero, whose father was a coal-miner and whose mother was a dime store clerk, was born in Morgantown, W.Va., on Dec. 31, 1938.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2019

I took the bus to Dryades and walked down it, stop-ping at the dime store where I’d made most of my pur-chases.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin