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Definition of Cheapy
1. one that is cheap [n CHEAPIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheapy
Literary usage of Cheapy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"It was through me readin' the account oot o' the Cheap Magazine 'at the discussion
arose." " But what said the cheapy was the origin o' cock- ..."
2. Scottish Chapbook Literature by William Harvey (1903)
"But the natives of Thrums and other places appreciated the old familiar booklets
better than The cheapy, and, after a short existence, it expired. ..."
3. Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors by John Timbs (1856)
"Besides that, 1 have *Bown a factor deal in as good ware, and sell as cheapy as
the merchant himself that employs him. ..."
4. Dickens, Reade, and Collins, Sensation Novelists: A Study in the Conditions by Walter Clarke Phillips (1919)
"In the second quarter of the century trade in printed matter was revolutionized;
cheapy miscellanies and books became realities; a new race of pub- Ushers ..."
5. Waiter, There's a Horse in My Wine: A Treasury of Entertainment, Exploration by Jennifer "Chotzi" Rosen (2005)
"“Fermented and aged in 100% French oak” may be a style you're avoiding, but at
least it's not a cheapy. Beware, though, the label that ..."
6. The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report by State Board of Agriculture, Missouri State Board of Agriculture, Missouri (1885)
"... requiring of this office, and that way is through the enlargement of the duties
of our assessors, who can cheapy secure invaluable facts in conjunction ..."
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