something given without charge or cost, as a ticket to a performance or sporting event or a free sample at a store.
Also, freebee.
Origin: 1940–45, Americanism; free+ -bie, of uncert. orig.; perh. orig. a n. phrase free bee, with bee2as in put the bee on to borrow money with no intention of repaying it
n. something given away free. : They gave me a freebie with my purchase.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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