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cheap·jack

(chēp′jăk′)

A peddler or dealer of cheap goods.

adj.

Inferior in quality or value; tawdry: "cheapjack moviemaking ... that feeds on the low taste of the mob" (Judith Crist).

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Noun	1.	cheapjack - a peddler of inferior goods hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Adj.	1.	cheapjack - cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist shoddy, tawdry inferior - of low or inferior quality

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