dirt cheap in English

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    {
      "form": "more dirt cheap",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most dirt cheap",
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        "superlative"
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          "ref": "2023, Flossie Caerwynt, Migration, Community and Identity",
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        "Very cheap; easily affordable."
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        "(informal) Very cheap; easily affordable."
      ],
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "平到爛"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "peng⁴ dou³ laan⁶",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "平到烂"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "spotgoedkoop"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "sikahalpa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "spottbillig"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "an-saor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "ar shladmhargadh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "regalato"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tani jak barszcz"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "easily affordable",
          "word": "rẻ mạt"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirt cheap"
}

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    },
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      "form": "most dirt cheap",
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        "superlative"
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        {
          "ref": "1976, AC/DC (lyrics and music), “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”",
          "text": "Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.",
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        "Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price."
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        "(informal) Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirt cheap"
}

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        "superlative"
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        }
      ],
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        "Very cheap; easily affordable."
      ],
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        "(informal) Very cheap; easily affordable."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "dirt-cheap"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "平到爛"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "peng⁴ dou³ laan⁶",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "平到烂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "spotgoedkoop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "sikahalpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "spottbillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "an-saor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "ar shladmhargadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "regalato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tani jak barszcz"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "easily affordable",
      "word": "rẻ mạt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirt cheap"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more dirt cheap",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most dirt cheap",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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      "expansion": "dirt cheap (comparative more dirt cheap, superlative most dirt cheap)",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, AC/DC (lyrics and music), “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”",
          "text": "Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheaply",
          "cheaply"
        ],
        [
          "affordable",
          "affordable"
        ]
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        "(informal) Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dirt-cheap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dirt cheap"
}

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"dirt cheap" meaning in English

Adjective

Adverb

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