pound-shop
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pound-shop
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Attributive form of pound shop, due to the perception of the goods sold in pound shops as being cheap, low-quality versions of more expensive products found elsewhere.
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Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.
[…] no rational human being should ever trust a single utterance issued by a pound-shop Trumpian administration.
Similar: BTEC, dollar-store, poor man's, Poundland, Tesco Value, Wish.com
Talk about this word "pound-shop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pound-shop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pound-shop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pound-shop "pound-shop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pound-shop.Cite this
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