cheapie

noun

cheap·​ie ˈchē-pē How to pronounce cheapie (audio)
: one that is cheap
especially : an inexpensively produced motion picture
cheapie adjective

Examples of cheapie in a Sentence

Her first camera was a cheapie.
Recent Examples on the Web
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Then there’s season three, which feels like one of those particularly cruel straight-to-video cheapies. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024 Well, the Braves used the longball to win Game – but there wasn’t a cheapie in the bunch. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020 Bart's homer against right-hander Luis Vasquez was not a Cactus League cheapie. Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 22 Feb. 2020 Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2019 Christian Jones got a bit of a cheapie when he was called for roughing the passer on Bills quarterback Josh Allen that negated an interception, but Tracy Walker had a bad personal foul for hitting tailback Frank Gore out of bounds in the leg. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cheapie was circa 1898

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“Cheapie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheapie. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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