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five-and-tens

five-and-tens is the plural of five-and-ten.

Meaning of five-and-ten

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

Questions about five-and-tens

What is five-and-tens the plural of?
Five-and-tens is the plural of five-and-ten.

Words near five-and-tens in the dictionary

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

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