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five-and-dime

alt. 1 (context US English) A store selling inexpensive items. 2 (context poker slang English) (l en two pair Two pair), composed of fives and tens. 3 (context poker slang English) A five and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 4 (context US military English) Nickname of the (w: 5th Battalion 10th Marines), a US artillery battalion. n. 1 (context US English) A store selling inexpensive items. 2 (context poker slang English) (l en two pair Two pair), composed of fives and tens. 3 (context poker slang English) A five and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 4 (context US military English) Nickname of the (w: 5th Battalion 10th Marines), a US artillery battalion.

Usage examples of "five-and-dime".

The courtroom is illuminated by the sort of hanging glass globes Jessie associates with the five-and-dime stores of her youth, and it is as sleepy as a grammar school classroom at the end of a winter day.