/fuyv"euhn ten"/ , n.
1. Also called five-and-ten-cent store /fuyv"euhn ten"sent'/ , five-and-dime /fuyv"euhn duym"/ , dime store, ten-cent store . a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a five-and-ten.
[ 1875-80 ]