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dirt cheap en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (informal) Very cheap; easily affordable.
    • Plus there were so many people wanting to move to the countryside that the little places which were dirt cheap suddenly became not dirt cheap. 2023, Flossie Caerwynt, Migration, Community and Identity:

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most dirt cheap Degree=Sup lexicographic
dirt-cheap alternative lexicographic
more dirt cheap Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (18)

it regalato (easily affordable) · is hræódýr (easily affordable) · de spottbillig (easily affordable) · vi giá tụt quần (easily affordable) · fi sikahalpa (easily affordable) · ga ar shladmhargadh (easily affordable) · ru по дешёвке (easily affordable) · ga an-saor (easily affordable) · ru грошо́вый (easily affordable) · es tirado de precio (easily affordable) · yue 平到爛 /平到烂 (easily affordable) · ru за бесце́нок (easily affordable) · vi rẻ mạt (easily affordable) · nl spotgoedkoop (easily affordable) · ru копе́ечный (easily affordable) · hu potom olcsó (easily affordable) · sv skitbillig (easily affordable) · pl tani jak barszcz (easily affordable)

dirt cheap en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (informal) Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price.
    • Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap. 1976, AC/DC, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”:

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dirt-cheap alternative lexicographic
more dirt cheap Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dirt cheap Degree=Sup lexicographic