Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cheap item.
- noun A stingy person.
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- adjective informal
Cheap ;inferior . - noun informal An item which is
inexpensive . - noun informal An item of
poor quality . - noun informal A person who is
stingy , acheapskate .
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Examples
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This collection of vintage educational films (one of five volumes) was put together by Alpha Home Entertainment, a company that specializes in cheapie DVDs of olde time serials, B-Westerns, ’50s Sci-Fi, and other scratched-up old movies scrounged out of someone’s basement.
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This collection of vintage educational films (one of five volumes) was put together by Alpha Home Entertainment, a company that specializes in cheapie DVDs of olde time serials, B-Westerns, ’50s Sci-Fi, and other scratched-up old movies scrounged out of someone’s basement.
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Collins, on a drive, has it stripped, but the official calls a cheapie foul from the backside.
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I paid USD$5 for a no name cheapie - just hope it doesn't fail on me.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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I think that's pretty much it, I seem to recall a cheapie DVD in the early days of my collecting (back in 2000-2001), but it possibly could have been one of the imitators, instead.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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I think that's pretty much it, I seem to recall a cheapie DVD in the early days of my collecting (back in 2000-2001), but it possibly could have been one of the imitators, instead.
Kung Fu Cinema 2009
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My son and his son will eventually own this "cheapie".
Me & My Mossberg 2009
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My son and his son will eventually own this "cheapie".
Me & My Mossberg 2009
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Nick of Time embraces its B-movie qualities with such gusto that it comes off like the kind of cheapie thriller Alfred Hitchcock would have directed to fulfill a studio contract.
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Nick of Time embraces its B-movie qualities with such gusto that it comes off like the kind of cheapie thriller Alfred Hitchcock would have directed to fulfill a studio contract.
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