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語源

From cheap +‎ -ie.

発音

• 韻: -iːpi

形容詞

cheapie (not comparable)

1. (informal) Cheap; inferior.

   Synonyms: el cheapo, low-cost; daddocky, poor man's; see also Thesaurus:cheap, Thesaurus:inferior

   • 2007 February 14, Joel Stein, “Has Jim Carrey Flipped Out?”, in Time:

     And now he's made The Number 23, a cheapie $30 million horror film about a man consumed with numerology.

名詞

cheapie (plural cheapies)

1. (informal) An item which is inexpensive.

   Synonyms: cheapo, tack, ticky-tack; see also Thesaurus:cheap thing

2. (informal) An item of poor quality.

   Synonyms: garbage, hunk of junk, slop; see also Thesaurus:low-quality thing

3. (informal) A person who is stingy, a miser.

   Synonyms: cheapskate, niggard, skinflint; see also Thesaurus:miser

参照

• “cheapie”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.