pound shop

See also: pound-shop

English

Noun

pound shop (plural pound shops)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A shop selling household groceries, toys, gimmicks etc, that are typically priced at a pound each.
    Synonyms: (US) variety store, (US, Canada) dollar store, (US) dime store, (US) five-and-dime, (US) ten-cent store, (AU, NZ) $2 shop

Usage notes

The term is still used in Ireland even though the currency is now the euro.

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