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Adjective: cheapjack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Made of inferior workmanship and materials
    "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob";
    - shoddy, tawdry
Noun: cheapjack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A peddler of inferior goods
Noun: cheap-jack  'cheep,jak
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A seller of shoddy goods
    - huckster [N. Amer]

Derived forms: cheap-jacks, cheapjacks

See also: inferior

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

Encyclopedia: Cheapjack

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