five-and-ten
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of five-and-ten
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Broadway, the neighborhood’s high street, is served by five-and-ten dollar businesses: Walgreen’s, Wendy’s, soft ice cream stands, and grimy diners serving city chicken.
From Salon ● May 12, 2013
The Sea Snail is laughably mechanical, and the luna moth, which propels Harrison home to Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, looks like a five-and-ten windup toy left over from someone's Christmas stocking.
From Time Magazine Archive
If any Gothic soars into the morning, it commemorates not God but the Woolworth five-and-ten cent stores.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japanese sales to Sears, Roebuck fell off 70%, sales to five-and-ten chains dropped, sales of silk and Japanese textiles tumbled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Montgomery had stores like J. J. Newberry’s and Kress’s five-and-ten, which opened onto Monroe Street—the main street for black people.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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