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• five-and-ten — noun Etymology: from the fact that all articles in such stores were formerly priced at either 5 or 10 cents Date: 1880 a retail store that carries chiefly inexpensive merchandise (as notions and household goods) called also five and dime …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• five and ten — Variety store Variety store a retail store selling a wide variety of items, especially of low price, as in a {five and ten}. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• five-and-dime — noun see five and ten …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean — may refer to: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (play), a 1976 play by Ed Graczyk Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film), a 1982 film adaptation directed by Robert Altman This disambiguation page lists… …   Wikipedia

• Five Points, Manhattan — Five Points intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827; the triangular building in the center is located on what would be known as Paradise Square , Anthony Street veers off on right, Cross Street on the left and Orange Street runs left to… …   Wikipedia

• Five-pin bowling — is a bowling variant which is only played in Canada, where most bowling alleys offer it, either alone or in combination with ten pin bowling. It was devised around 1909 by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto, Ontario, at his Toronto Bowling Club , in… …   Wikipedia

• Five by five — is the best of 25 possible subjective responses used to describe the quality of communications. As receiving stations move away from an analog radio transmitting site, the signal strength decreases gradually while noise levels increase. The… …   Wikipedia

• Five-twenties — Five twen ties, n. pl. Five twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, 64, and 65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• five — noun Etymology: Middle English, from five, adjective, from Old English fīf; akin to Old High German finf five, Latin quinque, Greek pente Date: before 12th century 1. see number table 2. plural a British handball game 3. the fifth in a set or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period — Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (zh tsp|t=五代十國|s=五代十国|p=Wǔdài Shíguó, 907 960) was an era of political upheaval in China, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and ending in the Song Dynasty. During this period, five dynasties quickly succeeded one… …   Wikipedia

• Five pounds (British pre-decimal coin) — Five guinea coinThe five guineas gold coin started out life as a five pound coin before the fluctuating value of the guinea eventually settled at twenty one shillings; therefore it is arguable that the five pounds piece issued after the Great… …   Wikipedia