Poundland en · NOUN · etymology 1
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.
Meanings
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(UK, attributive, informal, uncountable) Designating something as low-quality or inferior.
Sir Vince Cable has accused Boris Johnson of being a “Poundland Donald Trump”...
2017 September 16, Benjamin Kentish, “Boris Johnson branded 'a Poundland Donald Trump' by Sir Vince Cable in row over 'glorious Brexit' article”, in The Independent:
Synonyms
dollar-store · poor man's · BTEC · pound-shop · Wish.com · Tesco Value