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
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
I’ll sell mine, dog-cheap, if any one will buy it.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
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
You've got a comfortable home, and dog-cheap, too.
From Timothy Crump's Ward A Story of American Life by Alger, Horatio
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