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| a dime a dozen |
(informal) plentiful and easily obtainable; common; cheap. |
| beanery |
(informal) a cheap restaurant. |
| bowery |
(cap.) a street in lower Manhattan and the neighborhood around it, at one time characterized by cheap bars and flophouses (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| catchpenny |
a cheap item. [1/2 definitions] |
| cheapen |
to cause to become cheap or cheaper. [2/4 definitions] |
| crummy |
(informal) dirty, shabby, cheap, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| cut-rate |
available at a reduced price; cheap. [2 definitions] |
| dime novel |
a cheap paperback novel with much adventure or romance. |
| flophouse |
(informal) a cheap, shabby hotel or rooming house. |
| fustian |
cheap; worthless. [1/5 definitions] |
| gaud |
a cheap, flashy ornament. |
| honky-tonk |
a noisy, cheap dancehall, bar, or nightclub. [1/3 definitions] |
| jerry-build |
to build in a cheap, shoddy manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| jerry-built |
built in a cheap, shoddy manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| knockoff |
a product that is massed-produced and a cheap imitation of a popular and more expensive product. |
| knock off |
to make (something) as a cheap imitation of something else. [1/6 definitions] |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. [1/2 definitions] |
| neon |
(informal) characteristic of a gaudy urban nightlife area; cheap, colorful, and tawdry. [1/5 definitions] |
| pinchbeck |
an alloy of zinc and copper, used in cheap jewelry as a substitute for gold. [2/3 definitions] |
| pitchman |
a street vendor or seller of cheap wares, esp. at a carnival, with a colorful sales spiel. [1/2 definitions] |
| raunchy |
(informal) low in quality, appearance, or the like; careless; sloppy; cheap. [1/2 definitions] |
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