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CHEAPJACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cheapjack mean?
• CHEAPJACK (noun)
The noun CHEAPJACK has 1 sense:
1. a peddler of inferior goods
Familiarity information: CHEAPJACK used as a noun is very rare.
• CHEAPJACK (adjective)
The adjective CHEAPJACK has 1 sense:
1. made of inferior workmanship and materials
Familiarity information: CHEAPJACK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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))
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of inferior workmanship and materials
Synonyms:
Context example:
cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
Similar:
inferior (of low or inferior quality)
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