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- proper noun A
five-and-dime store in theUnited States - proper noun poker slang
Two pair fives andtens - proper noun poker slang A
five and aten as a starting hand inTexas hold 'em
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Examples
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My friends and I held sit-ins at the Woolworth's in Great Neck.
Ellen Sterling: Songs Of Tolerance In The Soundtrack of My Life Ellen Sterling 2011
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"Like moving from Woolworth's to Bloomingdale's," says Mark Solasz.
Where's the Beef? A Steak Makes a Long Journey Jessica Firger 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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My friends and I held sit-ins at the Woolworth's in Great Neck.
Ellen Sterling: Songs Of Tolerance In The Soundtrack of My Life Ellen Sterling 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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He remembers not being able to try on shoes or clothes at the Woolworth's or W.T. Grant stores.
Alabama town faces history 50 years after Freedom Rides 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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Because the prophetic organizing tradition of Afro-American churches is alive and well, we are witnessing a contemporary civil rights movement, half a century after the sit-in movement began at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: School Re-Segregation: How Faith Has Re-Ignited the Struggle for Justice Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 2011
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