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cheapie en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From cheap + -ie.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Cheap; inferior.
    • And now he's made The Number 23, a cheapie $30 million horror film about a man consumed with numerology. 2007 February 14, Joel Stein, “Has Jim Carrey Flipped Out?”, in Time:

Forms

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Synonyms

ticky-tacky · sucky · cheapie · unexpensive · low-end · dime a dozen · cullionly · el cheapo · pound-shop · low-cost · daddocky · cheapie · nickel · brand X · low-priced · budget · BTEC · poor man's · cheapo · economical · el cheapo · two a penny · competitive · less than · low-cost · sixpenny · inferior · poor man's · suckworthy · streets behind · cheap · daddocky · tinhorn · cheesy · economic · second best · inexpensive · bargainous · nonsuperior

cheapie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From cheap + -ie.

Meanings

  1. (informal) An item which is inexpensive.
  2. (informal) An item of poor quality.
  3. (informal) A person who is stingy, a miser.

Forms

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cheapy alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

pile of crap · muckworm · cheapass · load of bull · miser · crapola · pile of shit · pinch-commons · garbage · garbage · tack · nig · nigon · cheapie · gash · penny-father · scrimp · tack · load of shit · cheapskate · pincher · snudge · skinflint · tightwad · cheapie · moneygrubber · magpie · niggard · cheapskate · ticky-tack · el cheapo · nipcheese · pickpenny · nipfarthing · skinflint · tawdry · churl · pinchfist · ticky-tack · niggard · carl · piece of trash · load of crap · schlock · nickel nurser · scrooge · tight-arse · cheapo · piece of shit · cheapo · cheapie · rubbish · penny pincher · slop · cheapo · last of the big spenders · piker · pinch-gut · piece of garbage · piece of crap · squirrel · tripe · pinchpenny · hunk of junk · slop · piece of junk · clutchfist · hunk of junk