Definitions for five-and-ten

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Spelling: [fahyv-uh n-ten]

IPA: /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛn/

Five-And-Ten is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 389 anagrams from letters in five-and-ten (--adeefinntv).

Definitions for five-and-ten

noun

1. Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.

Origin of five-and-ten

First recorded in 1875-80

Examples for five-and-ten

A five-and-ten furnished a pair of heavy-rimmed glasses that seemed to have blanks in them, and he decided he might get by.

One finds cheap substitutes, but one also finds new commodities made for the five-and-ten trade.

Most of the latter she had purchased from the five-and-ten, but they all carried a point.