five-and-ten

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Broadway, the neighborhood’s high street, is served by five-and-ten dollar businesses: Walgreen’s, Wendy’s, soft ice cream stands, and grimy diners serving city chicken.

From Salon • May 12, 2013

Others hold out for a while; S. S. Kresge's 800-store five-and-ten chain and some others, after withstanding several card parties, now plan to clear their shelves of such products.

From Time Magazine Archive

Japanese sales to Sears, Roebuck fell off 70%, sales to five-and-ten chains dropped, sales of silk and Japanese textiles tumbled.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sea Snail is laughably mechanical, and the luna moth, which propels Harrison home to Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, looks like a five-and-ten windup toy left over from someone's Christmas stocking.

From Time Magazine Archive

Montgomery had stores like J. J. Newberry’s and Kress’s five-and-ten, which opened onto Monroe Street—the main street for black people.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose