Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Five-and-ten

FIVE-AND-TEN

English Language Idioms
five-and-ten n. phr. A store that sells things that cost little. Charles bought a pencil at the five-and-dime.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
five-and-ten noun Etymology: from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents Date: 1880 a retail store that carries chiefly inexpensive merchandise (as notions and household goods) — called also five-and-dime

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