ten-cent en · ADJ
Etymology
From a time when 10¢ was a commonly encountered price for cheap goods and services.
Meanings
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(dated, idiomatic, not-comparable, usually) two-bit (insignificant or worthless); cheap (both inexpensive and poorly made).
Near-synonyms: poor man's; (present-day analogues) dollar-store, Wish.com, (UK) Poundland, pound-shop, Tesco Value, BTEC
Forget that frickin' ten-cent supplier. From now on, we'll buy only from trusted partners.
Enough of these ten-cent tools. From now on, we'll buy only the good stuff that doesn't break so easily.
- (dated, not-comparable, usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ten, cent: costing 10¢.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ten-cent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ten-cent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ten-cent tour · ten-cent store · ten-cent word
Relateds
Synonyms
BTEC · Tesco Value · dollar-store · pound-shop · Wish.com · poor man's · Poundland