five-and-ten

five-and-ten
Synonyms and related words:
boutique, chain store, cheap as dirt, co-op, concession, cooperative, countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store, dime-store, dirt cheap, discount house, discount store, dog-cheap, emporium, establishment, general store, house, magasin, mail-order house, market, mart, post, retail store, salon, shop, sixpenny, store, supermarket, trading post, two-for-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house

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  • five-and-ten — also .five and dime n AmE old fashioned a shop that sells many different types of inexpensive goods, especially for the house = ↑dime store …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • five-and-ten — /fuyv euhn ten /, n. 1. Also called five and ten cent store /fuyv euhn ten sent /, five and dime /fuyv euhn duym /, dime store, ten cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for… …   Universalium

  • five and ten — Variety store Variety store a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a {five and ten}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • five-and-ten-cent store — ☆ five and ten cent store [fīv′ən ten′sent΄ ] n. a store that sells a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise, orig. with many articles priced at five or ten cents: also five and ten or five and dime [fīv′ən dīm′] n. * * * ➡ five and ten * * * …   Universalium

  • five-and-ten — noun Etymology: from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents Date: 1880 a retail store that carries chiefly inexpensive merchandise (as notions and household goods) called also five and dime …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • five-and-ten — noun A five and dime …   Wiktionary

  • I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) — Infobox Standard title = I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) english title = comment = Introduced in the May, 1931 Broadway musical Billy Rose s Crazy Quilt image size = caption = writer = composer = Harry Warren lyricist …   Wikipedia

  • five-and-dime — (fīv ən dīmʹ) n. See five and ten. * * * ➡ five and ten * * * …   Universalium

  • five-and-dime — noun see five and ten …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period — Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (zh tsp|t=五代十國|s=五代十国|p=Wǔdài Shíguó, 907 960) was an era of political upheaval in China, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and ending in the Song Dynasty. During this period, five dynasties quickly succeeded one… …   Wikipedia

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