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1. five-and-ten (def. 1).
2. Bowling. a split in which the five and ten pins remain standing.
[1925-30, Amer.]
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dime store noun (old US)
A shop selling cheap goods (orig costing not more than a dime)
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Main Entry: ↑dime
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a small shop that sells different types of cheap things
Thesaurus: types of shophyponym
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dime store,
U.S. a store selling a large variety of low-priced articles; variety store: »
In late August the dime store windows were full of notebooks and yellow pencils (Harper's).
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n. a shop selling cheap merchandise (originally one where the maximum price was a dime)
■ [as adj.] cheap and inferior
plastic dime-store toys
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noun, pl ⋯ stores [count]
US old-fashioned : a store that sells inexpensive goods : ↑five-and-dime
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.