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dirt-cheap
[ durt-cheep ]
adjective
- very inexpensive:
The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
adverb
- cheaply:
They got it dirt-cheap.
dirt-cheap
adjective
- informal.at an extremely low price
Word History and Origins
Origin of dirt-cheap1
Idioms and Phrases
Very inexpensive, as in Their house was a real bargain, dirt cheap . Although the idea dates back to ancient times, the precise expression, literally meaning “as cheap as dirt,” replaced the now obsolete dog cheap . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
"Everything was dirt cheap, and if you were a foreigner you'd get attention," he says.
“Ten grand’s a lot for a football game, but it’s dirt cheap to see Taylor Swift live, I will say that.”
They work dirt cheap and don’t, Auntie Buzz says with a happy smile, belong to a union.
But recall that in spring 2020, much of the economy was shut down and people stopped driving; as demand dried up, fuel got dirt cheap.
The biggest ticket item on this list, still dirt cheap.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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