"pound shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pound shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pound shop (plural pound shops)
  1. (British, Ireland) A shop selling household groceries, toys, gimmicks etc, that are typically priced at a pound each. Wikipedia link: en:pound shop Tags: British, Ireland Synonyms: variety store [US], dollar store [Canada, US], dime store [US], five-and-dime [US], ten-cent store [US]
    Sense id: en-pound_shop-en-noun-Y0t4WNj9 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

Inflected forms

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