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dime store

dime store noun: a store selling inexpensive items.

Noun

dime store (plural dime stores)

  1. (US) A store selling inexpensive items.
    • Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store
    • In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall1965, Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”, in Bringing It All Back Home
  2. (historical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime, store: a store selling things at one dime per item.

Synonyms of dime store

Forms of dime store

pluraldime stores

Questions about dime store

What does dime store mean?
Dime store means a store selling inexpensive items.
What part of speech is dime store?
Dime store is a noun.
What is the plural of dime store?
The plural of dime store is dime stores.

Words near dime store in the dictionary

  1. dime novelists
  2. dime novels
  3. dime out
  4. dime piece
  5. dime pieces
  6. dime store
  7. dime stores
  8. dime's worth
  9. dime-a-dozen
  10. dime-bag
  11. dime-bags

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