dog cheap

Example Sentences

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For instance, we say of a very cheap article, that it is "dog cheap."

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

"It's dog cheap," added Donald, who was beginning to think how he should manage the business without informing the purchaser that the Juno was his own property.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

You've got a comfortable home, and dog cheap, too.

From Jack's Ward by Alger, Horatio

They got the pictures dog cheap, as Burton said, for Ludlow was just beginning then, and his reputation which has never since become cloud-capt, was a tender and lowly plant.

From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean

Well, three glasses; here it is, you dog, and its dog cheap, too.

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick