Poundland

noun

Etymology

From the name of the British pound shop chain Poundland, which is in turn from pound + -land, named for its original policy, later relaxed, of pricing all items at £1.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-
  2. derived from pondō
  3. inherited from *pundą
  4. inherited from *pund
  5. inherited from pund
  6. inherited from pound
  7. suffixed as poundland — “pound + land

Definitions

  1. Designating something as low-quality or inferior.

    • Sir Vince Cable has accused Boris Johnson of being a “Poundland Donald Trump”...
  2. A hamlet west of Pinwherry, South Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NX1787).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA