five-and-dime

noun
🔊/ˌfaɪv ən ˈdaɪm/
🔊/ˌfaɪv ən ˈdaɪm/
(also five-and-ten
🔊/ˌfaɪv ən ˈten/
🔊/ˌfaɪv ən ˈten/
, dime store)
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  1. (in the US in the past) a type of store that sold a range of cheap goods廉价品店
    CultureThe first five-and-dimes were opened in 1879 by F W Woolworth and for many years they sold everything at a price of either five cents or ten cents. The last Woolworth's branded stores in the US closed in 1997.