poor man's
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]poor man's (not comparable)
- Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
- Synonyms: (Britain) BTEC, (US, Canada) dollar-store, (Britain) Poundland, (Britain) pound-shop, (Britain) Tesco Value, Wish.com
- 1996, False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment Extremists:
- Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.
- 1999, Charles Leadbeater, Ian Christie, To Our Mutual Advantage:
- People do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market.
- 2001, Graham Nelson, The Inform Designer's Manual:
- Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.
Usage notes
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- poor man's asparagus
- Poor Man's Bible
- poor man's black velvet
- poor man's butter
- poor man's cabbage
- poor man's cake
- poor man's caviar
- poor man's cocaine
- poor man's copyright
- poor man's diamond
- poor man's ginseng
- poor man's goose
- poor man's latte
- poor man's manure
- poor man's mustard
- poor man's orchid
- poor man's pepper
- poor man's pizza
- poor man's racehorse
- poor man's sauce
- poor man's shilling
- poor man's soap
- poor man's steak
- poor man's Tiffany
- poor man's umbrella
- poor man's weatherglass
Translations
[edit]cheaper than or inferior to
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