CHEAP, CHEAPEN, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST, CHEAP-LOOKING, CHEAPLY, CHEAPSKATE
ADJECTIVES
..897 — UNDEAR cheap, worthless, of little value or estimation → obs.
1592 — DAGGER-CHEAP very cheap, dirt cheap → obs.
1596 — OF EASY RATE cheaply purchased → obs.
1599 — BASE cheap, low: said of price → obs.
1601 — FOR A SONG cheap
1687 — CHEAP AS NECK-BEEF very cheap
1739 — AT THE BEST HAND cheapest → US
1765 — TIN-POT cheap, shabby, poor, without solid worth
1817 — CHEAP AS DIRT very cheap
1821 — DIRT CHEAP very cheap → sl.
.M19 — PENNY cheap → Can. & US sl.
1859 — ON THE CHEAP cheap → sl.
1861 — NEAR miserly, cheap → sl.
1862 — CHEAP AS A SARDINIAN very cheap
1880 — TINHORN cheap and insignificant; small-time → sl.
1881 — GAIN cheap, at a low price, inexpensive; of persons: stingy → Eng. dial.
1886 — TACKEY — TACKY cheap, common, of poor quality, shoddy; run-down; in poor taste → Amer. sl.
1898 — CHEAPIE cheap and of low quality → sl.
1899 — LOW-END relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind → colloq.
1899 — TWO-CENT cheap, petty, worthless → US
..20C — CHEAP AS CHIPS inexpensive → Aust. sl.
..20C — KABA-KABA cheap, worthless; said of things and animals → W. Indies sl.
..20C — WARA-WARA cheap, of inferior quality, esp. of clothing → W. Indies & Guyana
1911 — BETTER-CHEAP cheaper, at a less price → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 — MEXICAN cheap, inferior; makeshift; bogus, illegal → Amer. dial., derogatory
1916 — JITNEY cheap, shoddy → Amer. dial.
1920 — TINNY cheap, second-rate → sl.
1932 — CHEESY cheap, stingy; low-grade, inferior, worthless → Amer. dial.
1933 — TATTY inferior; cheap; shoddy → US sl.
1938 — MODEL-T cheap, outdated; obsolete → Amer. sl.
1940 — RAUNCHY cheap, inferior → US teen sl.
1941 — SLEAZY cheap, inferior; low → US sl.
1942 — NIGGER cheap; inferior; makeshift → Amer. sl., derogatory
1947 — KRESS cheap, inexpensive → US sl.
1950 — POOR BOY cheap, makeshift, improvised → Amer. dial.
1959 — CHINTZY cheap, of poor quality; contemptible → Amer. sl.
1967 — CHEAPO cheap and of low quality → sl.
1967 — EL CHEAPO cheap and of low quality → sl., orig. US
1968 — HINCTY — HINKTY very cheap, petty → US sl.
1970 — CHINCY cheap, of poor quality; contemptible → Amer. sl.
1970 — HI-BYE-FLY of inferior quality, cheap, inexpensive → Amer. dial.
1970 — SCANKY cheap-looking; dirty, second-rate, unattractive, ugly, promiscuous → sl., orig. African-American
1970 — SHANK-ASS cheap-looking; dirty, second-rate, unattractive, ugly, promiscuous → sl., orig. African-American
1970 — SHANKY cheap-looking; dirty, second-rate, unattractive, ugly, promiscuous → sl., orig. African-American
1975 — SKANKY cheap, ugly, nasty → US sl.
1981 — BRUM shoddy; cheap → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1981 — BRUMMY shoddy; cheap → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1983 — NEARBEGONE miserly, cheap → sl.
1996 — SLIMPSY shoddy, cheap, poorly made → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1225 — EATHLY cheaply, at an easy price → obs.
1584 — BASELY cheaply; at small value or esteem, meanly → obs.
..L18 — BY WAY OF CHEAPSIDE on the cheap, at a bargain price
1968 — CHAUNCHY in a cheap, tawdry manner → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1687 — NECK-BEEF anything cheap or inferior
1855 — CHEAP JOHN cheap goods; something inexpensive, inferior, or in poor taste → Amer. dial.
1898 — CHEAPIE — CHEAPY something cheap and of low quality → sl.
1906 — SCHLOCK — SHLOCK anything that is cheap and nasty or tasteless; inferior goods → colloq., orig. US
1912 — JIM a cheap, inferior, or worthless thing → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1920 — BORAX cheap or inferior material; shoddy merchandise → US furniture business usage
1926 — SNIP something cheap → Brit. sl.
1944 — STEAL something cheap or made available at a cheaper cost → US sl.
1972 — CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality → sl.
1977 — EL CHEAPO something cheap and of low quality → sl., orig. US
1981 — BRUMMY anything shoddy or cheap → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
..L20 — TACK something cheap or tacky and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk → colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
1953 — SHORT SKATE a cheapskate, a stingy person → Amer. sl.
1970 — CHEAPWAD a cheapskate, a stingy person → Amer. dial.
PHRASES
1996 — HE’S GOT SHORT ARMS AND LONG POCKETS said of someone very cheap or stingy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1592 — BEAT THE PRICE to cheapen; to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms → obs.
1640 — BEAT THE BARGAIN to cheapen; to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms → obs.
1655 — BEAT THE MARKET to cheapen; to endeavour to bring down the price; to chaffer for the lowest terms → obs.
1909 — SHORT SKATE to act like a cheapskate, to be stingy → Amer. dial.