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five-and-ten

noun five-and-tens · five and ten

  1. US A five-and-dime. Christmas toys—windup robots and air guns and painted trains—filled the front window of the five-and-ten.

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@misc{five_and_ten_2026,
  title = {five-and-ten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/five-and-ten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}