cheap thrill

noun

Something simple and inexpensive done for pleasure.

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Meanings

nouncheap thrill (plural cheap thrills)

plural cheap thrills

  1. idiomaticSomething simple and inexpensive done for pleasure.

    Another doctor's bill, a lawyer's bill, another cute cheap thrill

    1995, Jewel, “Who Will Save Your Soul”
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    Rather than fulfilling its original function as an integral part of an emotional relationship, sex is for them little more than a cheap thrill, something that men "do" to women and for which women should be grateful.

    1990, Anne Dean, David Mamet: Language as Dramatic Action

    One NWA [Northwest Arkansas] gun shop owner said people get them for all different reasons like saving money and getting a cheap thrill.

    2017 October 6, Haley Hughey, “Many Northwest Arkansas Gun Shops Oppose Full Automatic Loophole”, in Fox24 News, archived from the original on 28 May 2023
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