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el cheapo, a. (and n.) slang (orig. U.S.).|ɛl ˈtʃiːpəʊ|
[joc. pseudo-Sp.: see *el quasi-article, cheapo a. (adv.) and n.]
Of poor quality; very cheap. Also as n., something cheap or shoddy.
1967CB Buyers' Guide 100/2 You now have built an ‘El Cheapo’ CB tester. 1973D. Lang Freaks 101 The food is mediocre steak-house fare, the service is non-existent, the coffee tastes like shoe-polish with too much sugar in it, and El Cheapo the place may be, but cheap it isn't. 1977Washington Post 15 May h10/6 An auto repairman who charges high rates may be able to claim that he does better work than el cheapo down the street. 198380 Microcomputing Jan. 37/1 You could get away with an el cheapo cassette recorder for storage. 1990People Weekly (U.S.) 19 Feb. 9/3 The tape segments do bring back what a relaxed and gracious entertainer ‘America's No. 1 pea picker’ has been, despite this equivalent of an el-cheapo gold-plated watch. |