cheapjack
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cheapjack — I. noun Etymology: cheap + the name Jack Date: 1851 1. a haggling huckster 2. a dealer in cheap merchandise II. adjective Date: 1865 1. being inferior, cheap, or worthless < cheapjack movie companies … New Collegiate Dictionary
cheapjack — 1. adjective shabby It was a drab, cheapjack little area, unambiguously removed from the public, and yet I had come to love it in a way I never could the rest of the monstruous edifice. 2. noun A peddler … Wiktionary
cheapjack — cheap|jack [ tʃip,dʒæk ] adjective 1. ) not expensive or valuable 2. ) unfair or unkind: The land fell victim to a bunch of cheapjack speculators … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cheapjack — UK [ˈtʃiːpˌdʒæk] / US [ˈtʃɪpˌdʒæk] adjective 1) not expensive or valuable 2) unfair or unkind When will the Minister at the Department of the Environment stop making cheapjack political points? … English dictionary
Cheapjack Shakespeare — is a multimedia property created by Shaun McLaughlin and produced by Gabriel Benson. While it first appeared as a webcomic, it appears to have been adapted from a screenplay and the storyboards for the film.[1] In June 2010 it was announced that… … Wikipedia
cheapjack — seller of cheap goods, peddler of inferior articles; handseller … English contemporary dictionary
cheapjack — adjective chiefly N. Amer. of inferior quality. noun a seller of cheap inferior goods, typically one at a fair or market … English new terms dictionary
cheapjack — /ˈtʃipdʒæk/ (say cheepjak) noun 1. a travelling hawker, selling cheap goods. –adjective 2. shoddy; of poor quality …
cheapjack — n. & adj. n. a seller of inferior goods at low prices. adj. inferior, shoddy. Etymology: CHEAP + JACK(1) … Useful english dictionary
cheap-jack — noun a seller of shoddy goods • Syn: ↑huckster • Derivationally related forms: ↑huckster (for: ↑huckster) • Hypernyms: ↑seller, ↑marketer, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
