2. Noun. (informal) An item which is inexpensive. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) An item of poor quality. ¹
4. Noun. (informal) A person who is stingy, a cheapskate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheapie
1. one that is cheap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheapie
Literary usage of Cheapie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"Mind me kindly to Mr. and Mrs. Lawson and to little cheapie, and I ever am, commes
ilfaut, my dear Lord, your Lordships most humble servant, ..."
2. The Lyon in Mourning: Or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc by Robert Forbes (1896)
"1963. So to do, for I 'm one of those antiquated fellows that never forget a good
turn. Mind me kindly to Mr. and Mrs. Lawson and to little cheapie, ..."
3. Puerto Rico by Kurt Pitzer, Tara Stevens (2001)
"Another cheapie is the Hotel Embajador, 111 Este Ramos Antonio, o 787-833-3340,
where Caribbean poet Derek Walcott wrote part of Omeros, the work that won ..."
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