ten-cent store
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ten-cent store
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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She was going to work in a ten-cent store and she did not want to work there.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Only once a little water-color set from the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He idled in the barber shop and purchased a few trifles at the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“Girls, I bought some straw mats at the ten-cent store that I thought we could use about the Council Fire,” said the Guide, as the girls all congregated about her desk.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
As the pan must be used for candy-making and nothing else and as the greatest strength is not necessary, a suitable dish can probably be obtained from a ten-cent store.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Mary Elizabeth Hall
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