dime store

plural dime stores

1. USA store selling inexpensive items.

   Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store

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   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

   Synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store

2. historicalUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime, store: a store selling things at one dime per item.