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
“We’ve had so much growth, so much influx of folks that the small-town historical Bentonville that was the Sam Walton Bentonville where the five-and-dime started is virtually unrecognizable.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
This Francie is 19 and works at a Brooklyn five-and-dime store, where she trills the songs of the day so customers can decide whether they want to buy the sheet music.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
That’s like getting Walmart to promise to partner with the five-and-dime down the street.
From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022
The five-and-dime was my very favorite store because it had things we could afford to buy and we always came home with something new in our hands.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
