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
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
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
“Girls, I bought some straw mats at the ten-cent store that I thought we could use about the Council Fire,” said the Guide, as the girls all congregated about her desk.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
"So you will be in charge of the house while I am away," said his mamma, as she started for the five and ten-cent store.
From Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys by Garis, Howard R.
