| 单词 | dime-store |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdime-store dime-store n. U.S. a shop in which the maximum price was originally a dime; also attributive or as adj. , spec. designating a cheap and inferior article; cf. five-and-ten n. (cent store). ΚΠ 1928 M. H. Weseen Crowell's Dict. Eng. Gram. 188 Dime store, colloquial name for a store that specializes in articles selling for ten cents. The five and ten is a variant. 1931 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 23 Oct. A dime store in Emporia. 1938 Newsweek 31 Jan. 36/1 ‘Best buy’ was a dime-store product, which cost 5 cents a gram. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §21/14 Cheap; paltry,..dime-store. < as lemmas |
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