cheapjack

/ˌtʃipˈdʒæk/
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Other forms: cheapjacks

Definitions of cheapjack
  1. adjective
    cheap and poorly built
    “"cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist”
    synonyms: jerry-rigged, shoddy, tawdry
    inferior
    of low or inferior quality
  2. noun
    a peddler of inferior goods
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    type of:
    hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman
    someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
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