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cheap-jack

[cheep-jak]
–noun
1. a peddler, esp. of inferior articles.
–adjective
2. of or suitable for a cheap-jack; cheap or inferior.
3. without scruples or principles; underhanded: using cheap-jack methods to evict tenants.
Also, cheapjack, cheap-john [cheep-jon] .


Origin:
1850–55
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