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poor man's

poor man's adjective: cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.

Adjective

poor man's (not comparable)

  1. 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
    • 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

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Questions about poor man's

What does poor man's mean?
Poor man's means cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
What part of speech is poor man's?
Poor man's is an adjective.

Words near poor man's in the dictionary

  1. poor little rich girl
  2. poor little rich girls
  3. poor loser
  4. poor losers
  5. poor man of mutton
  6. poor man's
  7. poor man's asparagus
  8. poor man's black velvet
  9. poor man's butter
  10. poor man's cabbage
  11. poor man's cake

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