cheapjack

cheapjack
cheap·jack (chēpʹjăk') n.
A peddler or dealer of cheap goods.
adj.
Inferior in quality or value; tawdry: “cheapjack moviemaking... that feeds on the low taste of the mob” (Judith Crist).

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