Synonyms

five-and-ten

American

[fahyv-uhn-ten] / ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛn /

noun

Also called five-and-ten-cent store. Also called dime store, ten-cent store. Also called five-and-dime. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.

Etymology

Origin of five-and-ten

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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They passed a Club Monaco, which Smith said used to be a five-and-ten, and Herrick Hardware a family-run store with beach chairs hanging on its exterior like climbing roses.

From The New Yorker

I didn’t have any money, but I walked down to the five-and-ten store.

From Literature

And there were so many ways to have a good time—so many flavors of ice cream to try, so many treasures to choose at the five-and-ten, so many trees to climb, so many books to borrow from the library, so many relatives willing to stop for a game of dominoes or checkers.

From Literature

My other brother’s five-and-ten store at Georgia Avenue and Lamont streets NW was looted and all his merchandise stolen.

From Washington Post

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 Literature

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