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CHEAPJACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A peddler of inferior goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cheapjack" is a kind of...):

hawker; packman; peddler; pedlar; pitchman (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made of inferior workmanship and materials

Example:

cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob

Synonyms:

cheapjack; shoddy; tawdry

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

inferior (of low or inferior quality)

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