Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Cheap.
- noun One who is cheap.
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- adjective slang
Inexpensive and of poorquality . - noun slang A person who is
stingy , acheapskate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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ZDNet's Dancho Danchev has a nice little investigative piece about the underground economy in cheapo Indian data-centers that break CAPTCHAs for spammers all day long:
Boing Boing 2008
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Kate Gilbert's Peapod jacket from Knitting Daily done in cheapo Plymouth Encore DK (which I've found washes really well) for a friend's one year old.
Archive 2007-10-01 Cazzab 2007
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Kate Gilbert's Peapod jacket from Knitting Daily done in cheapo Plymouth Encore DK (which I've found washes really well) for a friend's one year old.
Howdy Cazzab 2007
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The "cheapo" 700s are about $600, and are outgunned by the T/C, a whole Benjamin less.
Isn't it wonderful that we have so much to choose from as gun nuts and rifle loonys? 2009
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The "cheapo" 700s are about $600, and are outgunned by the T/C, a whole Benjamin less.
Isn't it wonderful that we have so much to choose from as gun nuts and rifle loonys? 2009
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They're made by Hoyt, and it definitely does not shoot like a "cheapo".
I am looking into purchasing my first bow after years of firearm hunting for whitetail. 2009
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They're made by Hoyt, and it definitely does not shoot like a "cheapo".
I am looking into purchasing my first bow after years of firearm hunting for whitetail. 2009
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Dave, tell your friend Phil not to knock the "cheapo" ammo at Wal-Mart.
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In a more sensible era, Joe Eszterhas's script for Basic instinct at best might have been grist for a tawdry little B movie about murder and sexual obsession, the kind of cheapo noir thriller cranked out in the '40s and' 50s.
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In a more sensible era, Joe Eszterhas's script for Basic instinct at best might have been grist for a tawdry little B movie about murder and sexual obsession, the kind of cheapo noir thriller cranked out in the '40s and' 50s.
jrome commented on the word cheapo
"...I bought this cheapo pair of random whatevers. They had RHINESTONES. I was SO STOKED. They were the best ever. Wore them all the time when I got back home. Alas, they broke!! I took them to several optomotrists and they all said no way to repair them." - Erin Alexander, CA
February 7, 2008