dirt-cheap

dirt-cheap
dirt-cheap dirt-cheap adj. costing much less than standard price; as, the store went out of business and sold their remaining stock for dirt-cheap prices.

Syn: bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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