cheap thrill

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Noun

cheap thrill (plural cheap thrills)

  1. (idiomatic) Something simple done for pleasure
    • 2017, Haley Hughey in NWA, Many Northwest Arkansas Gun Shops Oppose Full Automatic Loophole
      Gun shop owned said people get them for all different reasons like saving money and getting a cheap thrill.
    • 1990, Anne Dean, David Mamet: Language as Dramatic Action
      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.
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