cheap Charlie

English

Etymology

See cheap and Charlie (“Vietcong”, US military slang); likely originated among US soldiers in Vietnam as a Vietnam War-era military slang to refer to American GIs who were unwilling to spend extravagantly at bars or restaurants, or for prostitutes.

Noun

cheap Charlie (plural cheap Charlies)

  1. (US, Australia, Southeast Asia, slang) A cheapskate, a miser.
    Synonyms: miser; see also Thesaurus:miser
    Antonyms: (Thailand) two week millionaire, spendthrift

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