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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dime store en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (US) A store selling inexpensive items.
    • Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store
    • In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall 1965, Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”, in Bringing It All Back Home:
  2. (historical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime, store: a store selling things at one dime per item.

Forms

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dime stores Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

five-and-dime · ten-cent store · dollar store