Five and dime

Five and dime was a common nickname in the United States for five-and-ten-cent stores (also called 5 and 10s), popular in the early to mid-20th century.

Related Topics:
Dime - United States

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These stores originally featured merchandise priced at only five cents or ten cents, although later in the century, the price range of merchandise expanded. Typical items were household sundries, toys, and candy.

Related Topics:
Store - Merchandise - Price - Price range - Household - Sundries - Toys - Candy

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Such stores have gone through various price-reference names: five-cent store, dime store, and ten-cent store, for example. Today, the dollar store occupies a similar marketing niche.

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Examples of well-known five and dimes include:

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• Alco-Duckwall Retail Stores
• Ben Franklin Stores (Butler Brothers)
• W.T. Grant
• Kresge's
• Kress Stores
• McCrory Stores
• J.J. Newberry
• TG&Y
• McLellan's
• H.L. Green
• G.C. Murphy
• Neisner Brothers
• Woolworth's

The play Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean refers to such a store, as do the songs Raspberry Beret by Prince, Love at the Five and Dime by Nanci Griffith, and Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams.

Related Topics:
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean - Raspberry Beret - Prince - Love at the Five and Dime - Nanci Griffith - Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

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