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cheap·ie
/
ˈtʃi
pi
/
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[
chee
-pee
]
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Informal
.
noun
1.
a cheaply made, often inferior, product:
The movie studio made a dozen cheapies last year.
2.
any item that is inexpensive as compared with others of its kind:
All brands of margarine taste alike to me, so I buy a cheapie.
3.
a stingy or miserly person:
That cheapie wouldn't buy anyone a gift!
adjective
4.
of, being, or pertaining to a
cheap
or inferior product:
cheapie shoes.
5.
stingy; miserly.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
1940–45;
cheap
+
-ie
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cheapie definition
n.
a cheaply made article. (See also
el cheapo
.) :
It broke. I guess it was a cheapie.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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