poor man's en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.
1996, False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment Extremists:Bowling is something everybody can do. It's a poor man's golf.
2013, Jude Morgan, National Past Time: Kingpin Alley, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6:Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.
2001, Graham Nelson, The Inform Designer's Manual:People do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market.
1999, Charles Leadbeater, Ian Christie, To Our Mutual Advantage:
Deriveds
poor man's pizza · poor man's Tiffany · poor man's copyright · poor man's shilling · poor man's ginseng · poor man's orchid · poor man's cake · poor man's manure · poor man's weatherglass · poor man's sauce · poor man's racehorse · poor man's steak · poor man's cabbage · poor man's latte · poor man's fridge · poor man's lobster · poor man's cocaine · poor man's asparagus · poor man's diamond · Poor Man's Bible · poor man's mustard · poor man's concrete · poor man's soap · poor man's pepper · poor man's goose · poor man's butter · poor man's caviar · poor man's umbrella · poor man's black velvet
Synonyms
punk · slazy · poor man's · coffee-and · craptastic · bad · dollar-store · BTEC · garbage · BTEC · ticky-tacky · pound-shop · base · shitty · low-quality · shit · tenth-rate · Poundland · gash · daddocky · poor man's · dogwater · crappy · ticky-tacky · drecky · slim · second best · shoddy · lousy · one-star · substandard · cheapshit · naughty · fourth-rate · cheap and nasty · pound-shop · rinky-dink · god-awful · streets behind · tin-pot · pound-shop · low · inferior · mid · less than · chintzy · ropy · pathetic · crummy · subpar · low-grade · schlocky · slight · Wish.com · bum · craptabulous · second-rate · trashy · crappo · cheap · bottom-shelf · suckworthy · ass · low-rent · scrubby · cullionly · wretched · crapperific · flimsy · BTEC · under par · sad · poor · made in China · cruddy · craptacular · below par · rubbish · shite · cheesy · inferior · cheapie · third-rate · Tesco Value · nonsuperior · crap · woeful · trash · sucky
Translations (5)
fr sous- (cheaper than or inferior to) · fi köyhän miehen (cheaper than or inferior to) · fr du pauvre (cheaper than or inferior to) · de Armeleute- (cheaper than or inferior to) · sv fattigmans- (cheaper than or inferior to)