cheapie
Americannoun
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a cheaply made, often inferior, product.
The movie studio made a dozen cheapies last year.
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any item that is inexpensive as compared with others of its kind.
All brands of margarine taste alike to me, so I buy a cheapie.
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a stingy or miserly person.
That cheapie wouldn't buy anyone a gift!
adjective
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of, being, or pertaining to a cheap or inferior product.
cheapie shoes.
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stingy; miserly.
Etymology
Origin of cheapie
Example Sentences
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And when it comes to shoes off in the house, “Maybe have cheapie pairs of socks on hand, or let them know your expectations in advance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022
The Peel call was a cheapie — admittedly invented out of nowhere.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2021
In the early 1960s, Mr. Golan worked — alongside Francis Ford Coppola and Robert Towne — for Roger Corman on “The Young Racers,” a cheapie about European car racers.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2015
The $5m cheapie now sits with $35m in ten days.
From Forbes • Nov. 2, 2014
The back half collapses first, a cheapie addition that's fifty years younger than the rest of the place.
From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory
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