five-and-tens

variants also five-and-dimes
plural of five-and-ten

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Noun
  • There are small boutiques, hole-in-the-wall cafés serving strong Turkish coffee and bakeries offering fresh simit and flaky börek pastries.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The town on California’s Central Coast was highlighted for its local shops and boutiques, outdoor activities and dining scene.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Leshy noted that land exchanges involving the Park Service are quite rare.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the exchange integrated Polymarket Builder, a tool that lets exchanges and apps offer Polymarket’s existing prediction markets within their own products.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Five-and-tens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five-and-tens. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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