单词 | bargain-bin |
释义 | > as lemmasbargain-bin bargain-bin adj. attributive. Originally U.S. of or designating goods (produced to be) sold from a bargain bin; inexpensive, cheap, cut-price; (also, mildly depreciative) poor-quality, inferior. ΚΠ 1902 Hamilton (Ohio) Democrat 29 Jan. 5/5 (advt.) We have added quite a number of new lots of our Bargain Bin Specials. 1933 F. Hurst Imitation of Life xxvii. 187 Bargain-bin stockings and expensive modish-looking shoes which she bought in Thirty-fourth Street basement shops that specialized in ‘slightly imperfects’. 1958 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 16 May 12 (advt) Freeman Motor Company. Bargain-bin specials. Prices you can't beat—cars you can't match. 1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 13/3 Suppose your chain were a subsidiary of a major bargain-bin (cutout) distributor. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 27 Apr. 102/4 This bash..specializes in retro-kitsch, bargain-bin music of all sorts. < as lemmas |
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