What does "dollar-store" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "dollar-store"?

Common synonyms include: btec, poor man's, pound-shop, poundland, ten-cent, tesco value.

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Synonym of pound-shop: used to denote that something is low-quality or an inferior copy. Canada, US, attributive
"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."

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