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  • 41cheap — see it is as cheap sitting as standing why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? talk is cheap buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest …

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  • 42cheap — /tʃi:p/ adjective, adverb not costing a lot of money or not expensive ♦ to buy something cheap at a low price ● He bought two companies cheap and sold them again at a profit. ♦ they work out cheaper by the box these items are cheaper per unit if… …

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  • 43cheap of — phrasal Scot : getting no more than one s deserts : well deserving of * * * cheap of (Scot) 1. Having got off lightly with 2. Served right • • • Main Entry: ↑cheap …

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  • 44cheap — See cheap, inexpensive …

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  • 45cheap — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, NG, at cost, avaricious, bad, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, brummagem, budget, cheapjack, cheaply, cheesy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coarse, common, contemptible, crummy, debasing,… …

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  • 46cheap — Rasta Dictionary just as cheap, just as well …

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  • 47cheap — [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were… …

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  • 48cheap — unwilling to spend money, not generous, tight    They refuse to buy the boy a decent suit. They re too cheap …

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  • 49cheap — [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were… …

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  • 50cheap·ie — /ˈʧiːpi/ noun, pl ies [count] informal : something that is cheap and usually of low quality Her first camera was a cheapie. cheapie adj The camera was a cheapie model …

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