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five-and-ten



Pronunciation: (fīv'un-ten'), [key]
—n.
Also called five'-and-ten'-cent store" Pronunciation: (fīv'un-ten'sent"), [key] five'-and-dime' Pronunciation: (fīv'un-dīm'), [key] dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.

—adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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