dog-cheap
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of dog-cheap
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Beside the regular practitioners, there are a parcel of shabby, itinerant tattooers, who, by virtue of their calling, stroll unmolested from one hostile bay to another, doing their work dog-cheap for the multitude.
From Omoo by Herman Melville
The nearest to the Cheronaean in virtue and wisdom is Trajan, who holds all the gods dog-cheap.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
The place seemed dog-cheap at the time; but after a while it began to dawn upon Hewson that the Yankee had the better of the deal.
From Wandering Heath by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
"Thar's nuthin' in all this world so dog-cheap ez advice," said Uncle Ezra Mudge.
From Oklahoma Sunshine by Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
Oh, great plenty," answered he, "the White Men, like those who came in the canoe, let me have it dog-cheap.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by James Athearn Jones
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