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Definition of Dirt cheap
1. Adjective. Very cheap. "A dirt cheap property"
Definition of Dirt cheap
1. Adjective. Easily affordable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirt Cheap
Literary usage of Dirt cheap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life and Adventures of Colonel Maceroni by Francis Maceroni (1838)
"Provisions of every kind, fish, flesh, and fowl; butter, milk, and fruit are
abundant and " dirt cheap." But I mention this place, merely to notice a method ..."
2. Cakes and Ale by Douglas William Jerrold (1852)
"Cheap as dirt—cheap as dirt—cheap as dirt ! " iterated the parrot, as though
proud of the praise of the husband. " And it isn't enough that you, ..."
3. Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases by James Main Dixon (1891)
"dirt cheap—at an excessively low price. F. Thirty pounds a week. It's too cheap,
Johnson; It's dirt cheap. ..."
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