poor man's

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poor man's

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  1. not comparable Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to. Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.

    Similar: BTEC, dollar-store, Poundland, pound-shop, Tesco Value, Wish.com, cheapie, cullionly, daddocky, inferior, less than, nonsuperior

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adj cheaper than or inferior to

Françaisdu pauvre, sous-
DeutschArmeleute-

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@misc{poor_man_s_2026,
  title = {poor man's},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20man's},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}