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Poundland
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English
Etymology 1
From the name of the British pound shop chain Poundland, which is in turn from en pound land, named for its original policy, later relaxed, of pricing all items at £1.
Noun
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en UK informal attributive Designating something as low-quality or inferior.
en BTEC<q:UK> dollar-store<q:US, Canada> poor man's pound-shop<q:UK> Tesco Value<q:UK> Wish.com Thesaurus:inferior Thesaurus:low-quality
en 2017-09-16 Benjamin Kentish The Independent Boris Johnson branded 'a Poundland Donald Trump' by Sir Vince Cable in row over 'glorious Brexit' article https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sir-vince-cable-boris-johnson-poundland-donald-trump-brexit-liberal-democrat-lib-dem-conference-parsons-green-a7950631.html Sir Vince Cable has accused Boris Johnson of being a “Poundland Donald Trump”... https://web.archive.org/web/20241208104552/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sir-vince-cable-boris-johnson-poundland-donald-trump-brexit-liberal-democrat-lib-dem-conference-parsons-green-a7950631.html 8 December 2024
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en hamlet west of x/Pinwherry carea/South Ayrshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NX1787. List of United Kingdom locations: Po-Poz#Por-Poz
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