Definition of "five-and-dime" [five-and-dime]

• See five-and-ten. (noun)

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• "There is a large-chain grocery store, the Big Y, some empty factory buildings, several old dark-brick school buildings, a five-and-dime, and a motley assortment of other drab storefronts."
• "I always bought more down at the five-and-dime, to restock the tin, but he never knew."
• "“Where he bought it in a five-and-dime Chinatown whorehouse,” said Benny, laughing."