dog-cheap

English

Etymology

From good cheap by transposition of consonants.

Adjective

dog-cheap (comparative more dog-cheap, superlative most dog-cheap)

  1. (obsolete) Very cheap.
    • 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:
      The horse is dog cheap, and you will have a long day for your money.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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