"pound-shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Due to the perception of the goods sold in pound shops as being cheap, low-quality versions of more expensive products found elsewhere. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=pound-shop}} pound-shop
  1. (attributive, British, informal, derogatory) Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation. Tags: British, attributive, derogatory, informal Synonyms: dollar-store, poor man's, Poundland, Wish.com
    Sense id: en-pound-shop-en-noun-rxu4O7ew Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2021 December 8, Owen Jones, “In Britain’s pound-shop Trumpian administration, rules are for the rest of us”, in The Guardian",
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          "ref": "2023 November 9, Daniel Boffey, quoting Colum Eastwood, “Braverman clarifies Northern Ireland comments amid angry criticism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "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”.",
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