five-and-ten (-cents-store)
1five-and-ten-cent store — five and ten [five and ten] (also five and ten cent store ; five and dime …
2five-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 * * * …
3five-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 …
4five-and-ten-cent-store — store which carries a wide assortment of inexpensive items (formerly costing between five and ten cents) …
5five-and-ten — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a store selling articles priced at 5 or 10 cents 2. : a variety store selling inexpensive articles of merchandise * * * /fuyv euhn ten /, n. 1. Also called five and ten cent store /fuyv euhn ten sent /, five and dime… …
6five-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… …
7five-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 …
8five-and-dime — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : five and ten * * * fiveˈ and dimeˈ noun (US) A shop selling cheap goods (orig costing five or ten cents) • • • Main Entry: ↑five * * * five and dime UK US noun [countable] [ …
9Variety store — 100 Emon at Kohnoike Higashi Osaka City Dollar store redirects here. For Cuban shops that exchange solely in hard currency, see Dollar store (Cuba). Big N redirects here. For the Japanese corporation, see Nintendo. 99 cents store redirects here.… …
10nickel-and-dime N. Amer. — nickel and dime N. Amer. informal verb harass by charging for many trivial items. adjective unimportant; trivial. Origin 1930s: orig. denoting a store selling articles at five or ten cents …
