单词 | five-and-ten |
释义 | > as lemmasfive-and-ten five-and-ten n. (also five-and-ten cent store) North American a store where all the articles were originally priced at either five or ten cents; also colloquial, five-and-dime store. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > other types of shop show shop1787 lock-up shop1795 cash-store1811 boat shop1813 slaughter shop1841 slaughterhouse1851 ticket-shop1851 charity shop1853 magic shop1853 company store1872 Army and Navy1878 five-and-ten1880 farthing-shop1889 funeral home1895 goodwill1916 shop-within-(a)-shop1916 cash and carry1917 Piggly Wiggly1917 poverty shop1948 discount house1949 anchor1960 box store1976 mom-and-pop1976 op shop1978 duty-free1980 pound shop1983 pop-up2000 1880 in Sat. Evening Post (1940) 10 Feb. 23/3 Woolworth Bros. 5 & 10 Cent Store. 1907 ‘O. Henry’ Trimmed Lamp & Other Stories 115 Did you ever notice me..peering in the window of the five-and-ten? 1922 L. Mumford in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 9 In the five and ten cent store it is possible for the circumscribed factory operative to obtain the illusion of unmoderated expenditure. 1924 Antiques May 229/2 Of course, we are all familiar with the ordinary pink, white and baby blue celluloid thimble of the present-day five-and-ten-cent store! 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood in Studs Lonigan (1936) i. 160 A small American flag which he'd copped from the nearby five-and-dime store. 1945 S. Lewis Cass Timberlane (1946) xxv. 166 The lone goldfish in a bowl which she sheepishly brought home from the Five and Ten. < as lemmas |
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