ten-cent store
Example Sentences
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Only once a little water-color set from the ten-cent store.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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
As the pan must be used for candy-making and nothing else and as the greatest strength is not necessary, a suitable dish can probably be obtained from a ten-cent store.
From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth
Everyone in ten-cent store calls them “poinsettias,” but named after J. R. Poinsett.
From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher
