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cheapener|ˈtʃiːp(ə)nə(r)|
[f. cheapen + -er1.]
†1. One who offers a price; a bidder. Obs.
1633Ames Agst. Cerem. Pref. 6 Many wil be comers, hearers, cheapners, until they finde that the word growes somewhat high rated. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 75 ⁋11 Why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase?
2. One who makes a thing cheap.
1846Mozley Ess. (1878) I. 251 Religion has sternly revenged herself on those who made her ridiculous..she has thrown into the mire her cheapeners. |
