"cheap date" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cheap dates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheap date (plural cheap dates)
  1. (humorous) A lightweight; someone who gets drunk after a small amount of alcohol; a cheap drunk with an added overtone of likelihood of sexual activity, usually via lowered inhibition but sometimes with dark connotations of disdain for, and date rape of, allegedly "loose" victims. Tags: humorous

Inflected forms

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