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

He was the youngest of five children who grew up in Scituate, Mass., where his parents owned the local five-and-dime store.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 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

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

Now the diminutive freshman waited nervously in his dorm room, dressed in his best suit and preparing to risk everything for the right to order a cup of coffee at a five-and-dime lunch counter.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson