dirt-cheapadj.adv.
/ˈdəːtˌtʃiːp/ As cheap as dirt; exceedingly cheap. Hence dirt-ˈcheapness n.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [adjective] > cheap > extremely cheap
dog cheap1526
dagger-cheap1592
as cheap as dirta1817
dirt-cheap1821
throwaway1887
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > cheapness > extreme cheapness
dirt-cheapness1883
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 616 Dirt-cheap, indeed, it was, as well it might.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxii. 236 Five bob..and dirt-cheap.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Oct. 5/1 It appears likely that November will bring an alteration in that dirt-cheapness of money of which brokers and bankers now complain.
1886 H. F. Lester Under Two Fig Trees 102 I'll do it cheap, that I will,..dirt cheap.
1891 T. Hardy Tess in Graphic 4 July 11 I was no more than the commonest, dirt-cheapest feller in the parish.
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