five-and-ten

[ fahyv-uhn-ten ]

noun

1. Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv, -, uh, n-, ten, -sent], a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.

Word History and Origins

Origin of five-and-ten¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

But first she visited the five-and-ten-cent store to buy an egg-beater.

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He ran private trains and sold acre and villa lots, and five-and ten-acre farms, for ten per cent.

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A five-and-ten furnished a pair of heavy-rimmed glasses that seemed to have blanks in them, and he decided he might get by.

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Naturally, I could think of nothing but Stigler and five-and-ten-cent competition, and finally I had an idea.

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You know, I think there's room in this town for a good five-and-ten-cent store, specializing on kitchen goods.

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Related Words

• boutique
• chain store
• convenience store
• deli
• department store
• discount store
• drugstore
• emporium
• grocery store
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• shopping center
• showroom
• supermarket