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dime store

noun

  1. Bowling. a split in which the five and ten pins remain standing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dime store1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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Example Sentences

Frank referred Ginsberg to several of his own printers, who made photographic prints from his old dime store negatives.

We are the go-go generation, the dime store sociologists have proclaimed, reacting against our “tune in, drop out” parents.

I have the sort of paper you buy at the dime store to wrap packages, about 36 inches long, coming in a roll.

Yes, we shopped at a dime store immediately adjacent, or in the same shopping center as the driver's license bureau.

Such equipment was now available in what might once have been called a dime store—but with another price-level.

He ran the slim beam of the dime-store flashlight over the shelves.

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