FIVE-AND-TEN Definition & Meaning

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five-and-ten

[ fahyv-uhn-ten ]

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noun

Also called five顎�-and-ten顎�-cent store顎� [fahyv, -, uh, n-, ten, -sent], a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of five-and-ten¹

First recorded in 1875鈥�80

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They passed a Club Monaco, which Smith said used to be a five-and-ten, and Herrick Hardware a family-run store with beach chairs hanging on its exterior like climbing roses.

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I didn鈥檛 have any money, but I walked down to the five-and-ten store.

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And there were so many ways to have a good time鈥攕o many flavors of ice cream to try, so many treasures to choose at the five-and-ten, so many trees to climb, so many books to borrow from the library, so many relatives willing to stop for a game of dominoes or checkers.

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My other brother鈥檚 five-and-ten store at Georgia Avenue and Lamont streets NW was looted and all his merchandise stolen.

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Montgomery had stores like J. J. Newberry鈥檚 and Kress鈥檚 five-and-ten, which opened onto Monroe Street鈥攖he main street for black people.

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