ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dollar-store

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Dollar-store is a noun meaning (US, Canada, attributive) Synonym of pound-shop: used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.

Meaning

(US, Canada, attributive) Synonym of pound-shop: used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: ten-cent
We may cost a buck from the box but we don’t put out dollar store journalism.
Weave tracks askew, postpregnancy bellies pushing dollar-store seams, they look a hot mess.
Once, I thought I saw her, but it was only another girl, with an East German guy, in the same dollar-store dress she’d worn for my camera.

Synonyms for dollar-store

Depending on context, synonyms include pound-shop, ten-cent.

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