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five-and-dimes

five-and-dimes is the plural of five-and-dime.

Meaning of five-and-dime

Noun

five-and-dime (plural five-and-dimes)

  1. (US) A store selling inexpensive items.
    • I got my first real six-string / Bought it at the five-and-dime / Played it 'til my fingers bled / Was the summer of '691985, Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, “Summer of '69”, in Reckless, performed by Bryan Adams
  2. (slang) A two pair, composed of fives and tens.
  3. (slang) A five and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
  4. (US, slang) The 5th Battalion 10th Marines, a US artillery battalion.
    • Admiral Fitzwallace: A three hour patrol of the no-fly with the five-and-dime.2000, Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing, season 1, episode 22 “What Kind of Day Has It Been”

Questions about five-and-dimes

What is five-and-dimes the plural of?
Five-and-dimes is the plural of five-and-dime.

Words near five-and-dimes in the dictionary

  1. five-a-day
  2. five-a-side
  3. five-a-sides
  4. five-alarm
  5. five-and-dime
  6. five-and-dimes
  7. five-and-ten
  8. five-and-tens
  9. five-and-twenty
  10. five-and-under
  11. five-bar gate

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