ten-cent store
Example Sentences
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He idled in the barber shop and purchased a few trifles at the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
She was going to work in a ten-cent store and she did not want to work there.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Only once a little water-color set from the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“We can buy long earrings at the ten-cent store on our way up,” said Louise.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
It's just some paint—five cans of black paint, and three brushes at the ten-cent store, and thank you very much.
From When Patty Went to College by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
