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cheap⋅ie

  [chee-pee] Informal.
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–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.
Also, cheapy.

Origin:
1940–45; cheap + -ie
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cheap·ie   (chē'pē)   
n.   Slang

  1. A cheap item.

  2. A stingy person.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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cheapie

  1. 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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