"five-and-dime" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-five-and-dime.ogg [Australia] Forms: five-and-dimes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} five-and-dime (plural five-and-dimes)
  1. (US) A store selling inexpensive items. Tags: US Synonyms: variety store [US], dollar store [US], dime store [US], ten-cent store [US], pound shop [UK]
    Sense id: en-five-and-dime-en-noun-O6ylJvnV Categories (other): American English
  2. (poker slang) Two pair, composed of fives and tens. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker, Five
    Sense id: en-five-and-dime-en-noun-kPzlucGG Disambiguation of Five: 15 44 25 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 45 21 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 38 15 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 57 12 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 46 15 20 Topics: card-games, poker
  3. (poker slang) A five and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-five-and-dime-en-noun-8Antmum4 Topics: card-games, poker
  4. (US, military, slang) The 5th Battalion 10th Marines, a US artillery battalion. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-five-and-dime-en-noun-zmPLwwWa Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 26 22 11 41 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: five and dime

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