chintzy

chintzy
/chint"see/, adj., chintzier, chintziest.
1. of, like, or decorated with chintz.
2. cheap, inferior, or gaudy.
3. stingy; miserly: a chintzy way to entertain guests.
[1850-55; CHINTZ + -Y1; cf. CHINCHY, which has reinforced figurative senses]
Syn. 3. cheap, close, niggardly, stinting.

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