five-and-dime

Example Sentences

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Newberry’s five-and-dime store, she worked for a month and a half to pay it off in installments, wearing it for years until it all but disintegrated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Randy Blevins, 70, had worked at the Walmart for more than 30 years after owning his own five-and-dime store.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022

Comparing traditional schools to “the five-and-dime down the street” is an insult and perpetuates misconceptions.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

Born in New York on June 6, 1933, Broad was an only child who grew up in Detroit, where his Lithuanian immigrant father, Leon, worked as a house painter before operating several five-and-dime stores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2021

After buying a few items at the five-and-dime store—a comb, toothpaste, notepaper—the four young black men would head for the lunch counter at the rear of the store, sit down, and order coffee.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson