Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. insignificant, paltry.

1936		J.T. Farrell World I Never Made 116: That five-and-ten-cent edition of a man you call your brother.
1968		N. Heard Howard Street 170: His brother and a five-and-dime prostitute! His square brother and his slick whore!
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 237: five-and-dime 1. Small-time.
1983		N. Heard House of Slammers 2: An argument over a five and dime card game called Tonk.

2. badly dressed, cheap, unattractive, sleazy.

1929		F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ in Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Look at yuh—You look more like the five an’ ten cent store every day wit’ them rings an’ bracelets all over yuh.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 92: Listen sucker, don’t be buyin’ my clothes in Woolworth like some five-and-dime nigger — five cent fo’ yo’ shirt an’ dime fo’ yo’ pants!