dime store
noun1
US A store selling inexpensive items.
- Near-synonyms: ten-cent store, five-and-dime, dollar store
- In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall1965, Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit”, in Bringing It All Back Home:
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Historical Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dime, store: a store selling things at one dime per item.