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
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
Only once a little water-color set from the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
There wasn't one like it even in the five and ten-cent store.
From Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Garis, Howard Roger
It's just some paint—five cans of black paint, and three brushes at the ten-cent store, and thank you very much.
From When Patty Went to College by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
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