dog-cheap
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of dog-cheap
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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"Thar's nuthin' in all this world so dog-cheap ez advice," said Uncle Ezra Mudge.
From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)
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
"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)
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
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 Landor, Walter Savage
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