The word is borrowed from the French camelot, meaning "merchant of low-quality goods," and the term marreteiro is also sometimes used.

Good-natured but often gullible, Mike was often on the receiving end of Del's scams or attempts to sell his low-quality goods.

Originally Aldi shops were often ridiculed as being cheap shops selling low-quality goods, whose customers could not afford to shop elsewhere.

Other countries in the trade association would not have such an easy time selling their low-quality manufactured goods for hard currency.

They recognize however, that people tend to associate industrial production with cheap, low-quality goods and handicraft with rare, luxury products.

You report (front page, Nov. 9) how doctors, engineers and teachers are forced to import low-quality goods for sale to earn a living.

Some manifestations are seen by any visitor to the Soviet Union: low-quality goods in retail shops, ubiquitous queues and often empty shelves.

Besides, an 18-year transitional period is to be applied to China, the country that flooded Europe and the rest of the world with low-quality goods.

People complained about malfeasance, inflation, and low-quality goods.

By Western standards, Turkey has a weak economy, with a high inflation rate, and produces low-quality goods.