five-and-dime

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five-and-dime /ˌfaɪvənˈdaɪm/ noun

plural five-and-dimes

five-and-dime

/ˌfaɪvənˈdaɪm/

noun

plural five-and-dimes

Learner's definition of FIVE-AND-DIME

[count] US, old-fashioned

: a store that sells inexpensive things廉价商品商店

— called also dime store, five-and-ten

noun

variants or less commonly five-and-ten

plural five-and-dimes also five-and-tens

: a retail store that carries a variety of chiefly inexpensive merchandise

When I was a little girl you could still buy things at the five-and-dime.

Nikki Giovanni

But most five-and-dimes faded away, done in by competition from big box stores, or failure to adapt to changing tastes quickly enough.

Carl Nolte

After the grocery store came the five-and-ten, a rambling, comfortable hodgepodge of unrelated items and scents.

Lee Ebler