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Word: cheapjack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...Churchill, "because I advise the electors not to be taken in by quackery, charlatanism and thimble-rigging.* I am always anxious not to irritate people unnecessarily, so I hereby announce that I will, for the future, in this election, drop the word charlatan and use instead the word 'cheapjack' as applied to Lloyd George's scheme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cheap-Jack | 5/20/1929 | See Source »

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