dime store

See also: dimestore

English

Noun

dime store (plural dime stores)

  2. (US) A store selling inexpensive items.
    Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store
    • 1965, Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”, in Bringing It All Back Home:
      In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall
  4. (historical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime,‎ store: a store selling things at one dime per item.

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