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cheap as chips

cheap as chips adjective: very cheap, not costing much.

Adjective

cheap as chips (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, simile) Very cheap, not costing much.

Forms of cheap as chips

alternative formcheap-as-chips

Origin of cheap as chips

From being inexpensive, similar to chips (“French fries”).

Questions about cheap as chips

What does cheap as chips mean?
Cheap as chips means very cheap, not costing much.
What part of speech is cheap as chips?
Cheap as chips is an adjective.

Words near cheap as chips in the dictionary

  1. Cheam
  2. cheap
  3. cheap and cheerful
  4. cheap and nasty
  5. cheap as borscht
  6. cheap as chips
  7. cheap at half the price
  8. cheap at the price
  9. cheap Charlie
  10. cheap Charlies
  11. cheap date

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