Meanings
adjectivecoffee-and (not comparable)
- derogatorynot comparableslangCheap, second-rate.
“That coffee-an’ mac you got,” a French girl would crack to a straight one, and then it was on—hair came out by the handful, some bleached and some unbleached.
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 23Synonyms: cheap and nasty, inexpensive, low-cost, lousy, shoddy, bargainous, brand X, budget
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCheap, second-rate.
Also see
assbadbottom-shelfbumcheapcheap and nastycheapshitcrapcrapperificcrappocrappycraptacularcruddydreckygashlowlow-gradelow-qualitylow-rentmade in chinameanmidnaughtyone-starpoorrinky-dinkropysadschlockyscrubbysecond-rateshitshittyshoddyslazysleazyslightslimsubparsubstandardthird-rateticky-tackytin-pottrashywretched
Origin
Ellipsis of coffee and cake.
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