Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very cheap; in little estimation.
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Examples
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May I never sup, said the friar, if it be not dog-cheap; they are sorry guests and unkind customers, that they are; they do not know when they have a pennyworth, and will not always meet with such bargains.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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May I never sup, said the friar, if it be not dog-cheap; they are sorry guests and unkind customers, that they are; they do not know when they have a pennyworth, and will not always meet with such bargains.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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White Men, like those who came in the canoe, let me have it dog-cheap.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The place seemed dog-cheap at the time; but after a while it began to dawn upon Hewson that the
Wandering Heath Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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You've got a comfortable home, and dog-cheap, too.
Timothy Crump's Ward A Story of American Life Horatio Alger 1865
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Stanihurst has described a fair in Dublin, and another in Waterford, where he says the wares were "dog-cheap."
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864
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We sought a good price, that we might, on bargaining, have the merit of coming down a tait; but no, no -- go away wi 'ye; it was dog-cheap to him.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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We sought a good price, that we might, on bargaining, have the merit of coming down a tait; but no, no -- go away wi 'ye; it was dog-cheap to him.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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I'll sell mine, dog-cheap, if any one will buy it.
The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1820
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The nearest to the Cheronaean in virtue and wisdom is Trajan, who holds all the gods dog-cheap.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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