Definition of Cheapjacks

1. Noun. (plural of cheapjack) ¹

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Definition of Cheapjacks

1. cheapjack [n] - See also: cheapjack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheapjacks

cheapen
cheapened
cheapener
cheapeners
cheapening
cheapens
cheaper
cheaper by the dozen
cheapest
cheapie
cheapies
cheaping
cheapish
cheapishly
cheapjack
cheapjacks (current term)
cheaply
cheapness
cheapnesses
cheapo
cheapos
cheaps
cheapshot
cheapshots
cheapskate
cheapskates
cheapstead
cheapy
chear
cheare

Literary usage of Cheapjacks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"... and phonographs; small shows of inconceivable squalor where women, thin, unwashed, and half-starved, shiver in a hideous undress; tumblers, cheapjacks; ..."

2. National Ideals and Problems: Essays for College English by Maurice Garland Fulton (1918)
"... ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for the better kind of man, a loss of appetite for mediocrities, and a disgust for cheapjacks. ..."

3. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) (1885)
"For many years we have devoted ourselves, with considerable success, to being the cheapjacks of the world. We have been able to effect this by the aid of ..."

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