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Adjective: cheapjack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Poorly made; of inferior quality or workmanship
    "cheapjack moviemaking … that feeds on the low taste of the mob";
    - shoddy, gimcrack
Noun: cheapjack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A peddler of inferior goods
    "The cheapjack tried to sell knockoff watches to unsuspecting tourists"
Noun: cheap-jack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A seller of shoddy goods
    "The cheap-jack's wares fell apart after just a few uses";
    - huckster [N. Amer]

Derived forms: cheap-jacks, cheapjacks

See also: haphazard, inferior, janky [US, informal], slapdash, slipshod, sloppy

Type of: hawker, marketeer, marketer, peddler [N. Amer], pedlar [Brit, Cdn], pitchman [N. Amer], seller, trafficker, vender, vendor

Encyclopedia: Cheapjack

Cheap-jack