Meaning of dollar-store | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of pound-shop: used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy.

Canada, US, attributive

Examples

“Near-synonym: ten-cent”

“Once, I thought I saw her, but it was only another girl, with an East German guy, in the same dollar-store dress she’d worn for my camera.”

“Weave tracks askew, postpregnancy bellies pushing dollar-store seams, they look a hot mess.”

“We may cost a buck from the box but we don’t put out dollar store journalism.”

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