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    [Noun]  | "five-and-dime" | \ ˌfīv-ən-ˈdīm \


    1: a retail store that carries a variety of chiefly inexpensive merchandise


    Origin: 1880 ;

     From the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents;

    [Noun]  | "five-and-ten" 


    1: as in department store, dime store;


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     [ "five to ten" ]

    1: n. What Martha's looking at.

      * e.g.,  ... Martha's looking at five to ten for insider trading. It's a good thing. 

     [ "Five Ten" ]

    1: Best shoe company ever. Five Ten makes cool looking shoes that are made for exciting sports. The bottoms are super sticky which is awesome for climbing rocks and walls, doing flips, slacklining, base jumping... even help you stick to the pedals on your bike.

      * e.g.,  ... I want a pair of Five Ten shoes. 

     [ "Five Ten" ]

    1: An expression which seems to mean 5 to 10 minuntes. However, the exact time period expressed is unknown, it could be a half hour, 1 hour, 5 hours, 2 days, a week, or even a month. It is a commonly used phrase on West Chester University's campus.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Marc: When do you want to get some food? 

     [ "goth five (or ten)" ]

    1: when goths have nail varnished ones nails black and then have a hi five (or ten ). The nails are all inportent and sometimes contribute to having a hi five (or ten)

      * e.g.,  ... E.g1 "goth five (or ten)"(or ten) hi five/ten folows. 

     [ "five gets you ten" ]

    1: A saying expressing the high odds of an event occurring, stemming from the idea of 2:1 odds in gambling.

      * e.g.,  ... "Five gets you ten that Lindsey Lohan will get arrested at least another 3 times this year." 

     [ "two fives beat a ten" ]

    1: The knowing instruction given to a prodigy by an older and wiser male when referencing women to choose for sexual encounters. This rule will also make it much more possible to convince two women to go to bed with you at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... Young dude,"God, that girl's a ten, I'm gonna go talk to her." 

     [ "five will get you ten" ]

    1: ... or you will lose your five! It means the odds are even (double or nothing)

      * e.g.,  ... Toss a coin! Five will get you ten! 

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