dirt cheap

adjective or adverb

: exceedingly cheap

Examples of dirt cheap in a Sentence

a dirt cheap little house that was the proverbial fixer-upper
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The inescapable fact is used CDs are dirt cheap compared to vinyl and represent astonishingly good value for anyone starting a music collection. Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024 Years ago, third-party game controllers were dirt cheap and notorious for poor craftsmanship—especially the eggshell-plastic MadCatz knockoffs. Jaina Grey, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024 Tickets may be dirt cheap, but parking won't be for a game that will be heavy on backup players. Sam Allard, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024 There’s no better choice out there than the HP Stream 14, which is already dirt cheap even without an additional price cut at Walmart. K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dirt cheap 

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dirt cheap was in 1819

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“Dirt cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20cheap. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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