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five and ten

five and ten is the alternative form 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

Forms of five and ten

pluralfive and tens

Questions about five and ten

What is five and ten the alternative form of?
Five and ten is the alternative form of five-and-ten.

Words near five and ten in the dictionary

  1. five aggregates
  2. Five Alls
  3. five and dime
  4. five and dimes
  5. five and nine
  6. five and ten
  7. five and tens
  8. Five Ashes
  9. Five Books of Moses
  10. Five Boroughs
  11. five by five

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