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Meaning of poor man's | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Français du pauvre sous-
Tiếng Việt dưa muối

Examples

“Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.”
“People do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market.”
“Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.”
“Bowling is something everybody can do. It's a poor man's golf.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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