bargain basement
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bargain basement
noun bargain basements
- An area within a retail store, especially an area located below ground level, where the least costly merchandise can be found. "Where will I find an aluminum cooking pot?" growled the elder Beagle unexpectedly. "In the Bargain Basement," said Gissing promptly.
adjective more bargain basement · most bargain basement
- Inexpensive. But it’s also a sign of the ascendant state of clowning, which, not long ago, resided in the bargain basement of artistic respect, alongside ventriloquists, mimes and jugglers. No longer.
- Of poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy. "This nation can't afford bargain-basement cops any more," says Oregon's Multnomah County (Portland) Sheriff Donald Clark […]. Almost everyone agrees that U.S. police sorely need more education.
Talk about this word "bargain basement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bargain%20basement. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bargain basement. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bargain%20basement "bargain basement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bargain%20basement.Cite this
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title = {bargain basement},
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