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 Melville, Herman
Oxford Street Chapel, the home of a sort of free-for-all religion, became a general receiver for all these organizations and for reformatory work generally and eloquence was dog-cheap.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
Stanihurst has described a fair in Dublin, and another in Waterford, where he says the wares were "dog-cheap."
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
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 Jones, James Athearn
"Yes, dog-cheap," exclaimed the baronet, drawing his chair back, while a flush of unmitigated disgust swept across the pallor of his face.
From Norston's Rest by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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