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cheapy

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cheap⋅y

[chee-pee] noun, plural cheap⋅ies, adjective Informal.

Origin:
cheap + -y 2

cheap⋅ie

[chee-pee] 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.
Also, cheapy.


Origin:
1940–45; cheap + -ie
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