cheapjack
Seller of junk
Cheapjack describes goods or sellers of inferior quality, especially traveling vendors hawking shoddy merchandise: cheapjack furniture that falls apart in a year, a cheapjack operation run out of a van.
The word suggests both low price and low value—cheap in every sense.
As a noun, a cheapjack is such a peddler.
Of poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- substandardBelow required quality
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- trashyCheap and tasteless
tawdry · junky · crummy · shabby · low-grade · third-rate · gimcrack · tatty
Fraudulent imitation
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
fraudulent · deceptive · dishonest · duplicitous · deceitful · spurious · charlatan · mountebank
Roving vocal merchant
- vendorOne who sells goods
- salesmanOne who moves merchandise
- traderOne who transacts commercially
- sellerOne who trades goods
stallholder · itinerant · chapman · costermonger · barrow-boy · tout · packman · pitchman
Informal secondhand goods venue
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- fairImpartial and unbiased
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
thrift · vintage · junk · garage-sale · swap-meet · rummage · antiques · bric-a-brac
shoddy
Of poor craftsmanship
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- substandardBelow required quality
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
trashy · tawdry · junky · crummy · shabby · low-grade · third-rate · gimcrack · tatty · rubbishy
sham
Fraudulent imitation
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
fake · fraudulent · deceptive · dishonest · duplicitous · deceitful · spurious · charlatan · mountebank · quack
hawker
Roving vocal merchant
seller · stallholder · itinerant · chapman · costermonger · barrow-boy · tout · packman · pitchman · drummer
flea-market
Informal secondhand goods venue
secondhand · thrift · vintage · junk · garage-sale · swap-meet · rummage · antiques · bric-a-brac · knick-knacks
- peddlerspeddler, hawker, vendor, street vendor, pushcart
cheapjacksuperior
Higher in rank
first-rate · high-grade · top-notch · high-quality · excellent
cheapjackreputable
Having a good name
trustworthy · legitimate · respectable · established · reliable
cheap, cheaply, Jack, cheaper, cheapness, cheapest, cheapened, cheapskate, cheapening