It was something you'd pick up at a five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [Arthur Miller's Missing Act] Reference
Red Bull aligns itself with five-and-dime failures. From Wordnik.com. [Prescott Tolk: Flugtag USA: Chicago's Airless Water Show] Reference
The ones currently on this blog are so goddamned five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Frank Wolf claims trying terror suspects in civilian courts would be treating them better than our military.] Reference
"It's not like buying something at the five-and-dime," says Ian. From Wordnik.com. [From Russia -- With Love?] Reference
Where did he get that degree, Wal-Mart or another five-and-dime???. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown: "Let the biblical scholars and historians battle it out..."] Reference
The cat was back in the window of the five-and-dime on Elm Street. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodstream] Reference
Come back to the five-and-dime, Joan and Melissa, Joan and Melissa!. From Wordnik.com. [Thanks for the Mammaries! Globes Feel Strangely Deflated] Reference
And those baubles you were wearing in Bermuda weren't from the five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
When he first showed up, there wasn't a seat open at the five-and-dime table. From Wordnik.com. [Trunk Music]
The number has been traced to wallets once sold at Woolworth's five-and-dime stores. From Wordnik.com. [SSNs Issued by Woolworth's] Reference
On the third day, Buddy was caught ringing a cash register in a five-and-dime store. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
Their cups and dishes, bought on sale at the five-and-dime, trembled in the cupboard. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
We got a magnet set in a plastic case from some local five-and-dime ... and we LIKED it!!. From Wordnik.com. [barstow, CA 2,554 mi.] Reference
"You don't have that spinner rack of comic books sitting in the local five-and-dime any more,". From Wordnik.com. [What Does It Take] Reference
This lumbering bore seems to have been made by hollow store-window dummies at the five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [What Han Solo Had Is Now Gone ��� Crucifixion of a Cross-Dresser] Reference
Turnbuckles, which were used to adjust wire tension, were found in a Woolworth�s five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky] Reference
There was a five-and-dime store up there that was a favorite spot of ours for ringing cash registers. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
Claire heard them when she walked through the local hardware store or the five-and-dime or the post office. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodstream] Reference
I often spent my weekly allowance at the local five-and-dime playing pinball, or games like Pacman and Joust. From Wordnik.com. [Soren Gordhamer: Video Games And Children -- What's The Right Amount?] Reference
Founded 50 years ago as a single five-and-dime store in a small Arkansas town, its success story mirrors America's. From Wordnik.com. [Other Comments] Reference
Struthers had dropped the better part of a five-and-dime at Castleview before getting released on parole two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Money, Money, Money]
What Sally had not told her mother was that LaSalle had witnessed her stealing a five-cent copybook from a five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [His necessary and sufficient realism] Reference
To describe the space, Carey makes use of all the adjectives you might expect: gray, windowless, "used to house a five-and-dime.". From Wordnik.com. [Class at the Mall? When Technology's Evolution Outpaces Cultural Prejudices] Reference
Mr. Magnacca put it better than I could when he described the drugstores of yore as having a "five-and-dime merchandizing mentality.". From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Counter Makeover] Reference
"I haven't even had a chance to get my little five-and-dime up and running," I lamented, "and already the Wal-Mart is coming to town.". From Wordnik.com. [The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire] Reference
In the window above the five-and-dime, a black cat gazed down at her, as though pondering the stupidity of creatures out in such weather. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodstream] Reference
I got into the car, drove downtown to the five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [magic-city-news.com] Reference
Frank Woolworth, founder of the five-and-dime stores, in 1852. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
Rosalie finds her miniatures in craft and five-and-dime stores. From Wordnik.com. [CantonRep.com Home RSS] Reference
"You don't open a five-and-dime next to Neiman Marcus," Troesch said. From Wordnik.com. [The State Journal-Register Home RSS] Reference
There was a bakery, a hardware store, a five-and-dime and Chet's Shoes. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Anyone was welcome to spend as much as they liked in the venerable five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
For more than 100 years, until 1997, the five-and-dime was part of the American scene. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
"She'd come out of a five-and-dime with corn necklaces, Neccos, all this crazy stuff," he said. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com LOCAL NEWS] Reference
On Feb. 1, 1960, they couldn't even get a 10 cent cup of coffee alongside a white customer at the five-and-dime. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
Every five-and-dime Villain at some point makes the grandiose and equally absurd claim of wanting to rule the world. From Wordnik.com. [Pink Raygun - News, Reviews and Interviews for Fangirls...and boys] Reference
They lack the atmosphere, smells, merchandise and the lunch counters, gathering places at some five-and-dime stores. From Wordnik.com. [News & Record Article Feed] Reference
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