dirt-cheap
very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
cheaply: They got it dirt-cheap.
Origin of dirt-cheap
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How to use dirt-cheap in a sentence
Consider Spirit Airlines, the dirt-cheap carrier everyone loves to loathe.
The health centers are dirt cheap, the county hospitals cost a bit more, and the regional hospitals a bit more than that.
New milker with a calf still beside her—purty as a picture, the pair of 'em, and dirt cheap.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondBut the Assyrians (like the Romans after them) could avail themselves of a limitless amount of dirt-cheap labour.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramAnd we can sell it so dirt-cheap that the whole country has GOT to take it—can't get around it you see.
Life On The Mississippi, Part 8. | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The party finally mounted the char-a-bancs, just as I was about to offer the baby for twenty-five pounds, and dirt cheap at that.
Penelope's English Experiences | Kate Douglas WigginThey'd got her dirt cheap, but they'd let me come in for a third share, and be managing owner, with Johnsen as skipper.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen
British Dictionary definitions for dirt-cheap
informal at an extremely low price
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Other Idioms and Phrases with dirt-cheap
Very inexpensive, as in Their house was a real bargain, dirt cheap. Although the idea dates back to ancient times, the precise expression, literally meaning “as cheap as dirt,” replaced the now obsolete dog cheap. [Early 1800s]
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