Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pound-shop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: pound-shop
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.

British usage; Derogatory; Informal

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”."

Etymology

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.

Usage

Synonyms

BTEC dollar-store poor man's Poundland Tesco Value Wish.com

Questions

What does pound-shop mean?: Used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior imitation.
Where does pound-shop come from?: 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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