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fiveˈ-and-dimeˈ noun (US)
A shop selling cheap goods (orig costing five or ten cents)
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Main Entry: ↑five
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five-and-dime UK US noun [countable] [singular five-and-dime plural five-and-dimes] [singular five-and-ten plural five-and-tens] american old-fashioned
a shop that sells a variety of goods that are not expensive
Thesaurus: types of shophyponym
Variant: five-and-ten
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five-and-dime «FYV uhn DYM», noun.
U.S. Informal. a dime store.
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(also five-and-dime store or five-and-ten) n. a store selling a wide variety of inexpensive household and personal goods
■ historical a store where all the articles were priced at five or ten cents
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/ˌfaıvənˈdaım/ noun, pl -dimes [count]
US old-fashioned : a store that sells inexpensive things
the local five-and-dime
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a shop/store that sells a range of cheap goods
See also: ↑dime store
Useful english dictionary. 2012.