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
Blevins started working for Walmart in the early 1990s after the five-and-dime he owned with his wife, Teresa, went under, his stepdaughter Cassandra Yeatts told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
“I’ve seen that guy before,” Roberto said, pointing to a man who had just finished washing the outside windows of Kress, the five-and-dime store.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
