"cheap thrill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-cheap thrill.ogg [Australia] Forms: cheap thrills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheap thrill (plural cheap thrills)
  1. (idiomatic) Something simple and inexpensive done for pleasure. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cheap_thrill-en-noun-KQe8JoXo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments

Inflected forms

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