dime store
(US) A store selling inexpensive items.
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(US) A store selling inexpensive items.
In the dime stores and bus stations / People talk of situations / Read books, repeat quotations / Draw conclusions on the wall
“It’s like trying to have a conversation with a dime store wind up mannequin- or is that Melania? No matter. This is worst time line”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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