dime store
noun
1- N. Amer. a shop selling cheap merchandise (originally one where the maximum price was a dime)〈北美〉廉价杂货店(起先这种商店里的最高价格为一角)。
1.1
- as modifier cheap and inferior价低质劣的:
plastic dime-store toys.
劣质廉价的塑料玩具。
1.2
- as modifier trite; simplistic陈腐的; 过分简单化的:
the dime-store moralism of yesteryear.
过去那种老生常谈的道德观。