Dollar-store

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

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

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.

Weave tracks askew, postpregnancy bellies pushing dollar-store seams, they look a hot mess.

We may cost a buck from the box but we don’t put out dollar store journalism.

Synonyms for dollar-store

Antonyms for dollar-store

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