dime store

Example Sentences

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And stop subjecting the readers of this fine newspaper to his bitterness and dime store psychiatry.

From Los Angeles Times

When he was 7, the family moved to Detroit, where his father opened a dime store.

From New York Times

Starting over for Polly is shedding the roles of punching bag, wife and mother, most recently by taking up a job waitressing at the High-Ho and renting an apartment over an abandoned dime store.

From Los Angeles Times

The former five and dime store, once a mobile home, has tilted on to an angle with a gaping maw on one side where the rot has set in.

From The Guardian

During sweltering Indian summers, people would dash to the lit-up cases of Kwality at their local dime store for a block of nutty butterscotch ice cream, or the triple-layered ice cream bar called cassata.

From New York Times