Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - chintzy
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Chintzy
chintzy
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adj. (chintzier, chintziest) 1 like chintz. 2 gaudy, cheap. 3 characteristic of the d{eacute}cor associated with chintz soft furnishings. Derivatives chintzily adv. chintziness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обитый мебельным ситцем (о диване) 2. дешевый, безвкусный, низкого качества; мещанский, убогий chintzy poem —- стихотворение в мещанском вкусе 3. прижимистый; мизерный; мелочный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz. (BRIT) ...chintzy armchairs. ADJ 2. If you describe something as chintzy, you mean that it is showy and looks cheap. (mainly AM) ...a chintzy table lamp. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 3. You can describe someone as chintzy if they are mean and seem to spend very little money compared with other people. (AM INFORMAL) ...disadvantages such as depending on chintzy and humiliating public dole for income. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 covered with chintz (a chintzy sofa) 2 AmE informal cheap and badly made (a chintzy chest of drawers) 3 AmE informal unwilling to give people things or spend money; stingy (We don't need to be chintzy over the Christmas presents this year.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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