dog-cheap
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of dog-cheap
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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I’ll sell mine, dog-cheap, if any one will buy it.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
Grumkow, purchased by his Pension of 500 pounds, is dog-cheap at the Money, as Seckendorf often urges at Vienna, Is he not?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas
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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