Pound-shop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pound-shop is a noun meaning (attributive, British, informal, derogatory) Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.
Meaning
(attributive, British, informal, derogatory) Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.
Example Sentences
[…] no rational human being should ever trust a single utterance issued by a pound-shop Trumpian administration.
Colum Eastwood, the MP for Foyle and leader of the SDLP, the nationalist party whose founding member, John Hume, won a Nobel prize for his championing of the peace process in Northern Ireland, called Braverman a “pound-shop Enoch Powell”.
Synonyms for pound-shop
Depending on context, synonyms include dollar-store.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shitey, cheapshit, cheapo, crap, cheapie, shithouse.
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