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five-and-ten

five-and-ten noun: a five-and-dime.

Noun

five-and-ten (plural five-and-tens)

  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.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 121

Forms of five-and-ten

pluralfive-and-tens
alternative formfive and ten

Questions about five-and-ten

What does five-and-ten mean?
Five-and-ten means a five-and-dime.
What part of speech is five-and-ten?
Five-and-ten is a noun.
What is the plural of five-and-ten?
The plural of five-and-ten is five-and-tens.

Words near five-and-ten in the dictionary

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

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