five-and-tens

variants also five-and-dimes
plural of five-and-ten

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Noun
  • What to do nearby Leblon is Rio’s upscale seaside neighborhood, home to luxury Brazilian boutiques, great restaurants, and Dias Ferreira, a prime street for bar-hopping.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Carpenter says today’s Silver Lake, with its corporate boutiques and private-equity restaurants, feels foreign to her.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Hot wallets maintain internet connectivity, allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to process withdrawals and other transactions quickly.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Some affected customers have received immediate exchanges at Apple Stores.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
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“Five-and-tens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five-and-tens. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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