May I never sup, said the friar, if it be not dog-cheap; they are sorry guests and unkind customers, that they are; they do not know when they have a pennyworth, and will not always meet with such bargains. ❋ Unknown (2002)
White Men, like those who came in the canoe, let me have it dog-cheap. ❋ James Athearn Jones (N/A)
The place seemed dog-cheap at the time; but after a while it began to dawn upon Hewson that the ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
You've got a comfortable home, and dog-cheap, too. ❋ Horatio Alger (1865)
Stanihurst has described a fair in Dublin, and another in Waterford, where he says the wares were "dog-cheap." ❋ Mary Frances Cusack (1864)
We sought a good price, that we might, on bargaining, have the merit of coming down a tait; but no, no -- go away wi 'ye; it was dog-cheap to him. ❋ David Macbeth Moir (1824)
I'll sell mine, dog-cheap, if any one will buy it. ❋ Frederick Marryat (1820)
The nearest to the Cheronaean in virtue and wisdom is Trajan, who holds all the gods dog-cheap. ❋ Walter Savage Landor (1819)
A certain starveling author who worked under the late administration, told me with a heavy heart, above a month ago, that he and some others of his brethren had secretly offered their service dog-cheap to the present ministry, but were all refused, and are now maintained by contribution, like Jacobites or fanatics. ❋ Jonathan Swift (1706)
[_To Pedro_] Good store of harlots, say you, and dog-cheap? ❋ John Dryden (1665)
I never sup, said the friar, if it be not dog-cheap; they are sorry guests and unkind customers, that they are; they do not know when they have a pennyworth, and will not always meet with such bargains. ❋ Fran��ois Rabelais (1518)
So my boy came home as light as a feather, and as gay as a lark, to bring us the good news; only he was afraid we might not make up the rent, guineas and all; and because he could not get paid for the work he done, on account of the mistake in the overseer's tally, I sold the cow to a neighbour -- dog-cheap; but needs must, as they say, when old Nick ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)
I think upon the whole, Dunshunner, though it's letting them go dog-cheap, that we ought to sell half our shares at the present premium, while there is a certainty of getting it. " ❋ Various (1878)
Stratford there met him divers merchantmen, which would have heard mass, and desired him to sing mass and he should have a groat, which answered them and said: 'Sirs, I will say mass no more this day; but I will say you two gospels for one groat, and that is dog-cheap for a mass in any place in England.'" ❋ William Alexander Clouston (1869)
I paid six thousand for that vessel, and she's dog-cheap at that; but I shall make my fortune in her, carrying passengers. " ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)
"Why, then, my lord," cried Foote, "I not only think your wine excellent, but _dog-cheap_." [ ❋ Adam White (1848)
