bargoon

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bargoon

  1. (Canada, slang) cheap; discount
    • 2005, Michele Adams, Bright Objects of Desire, page 175:
      Weird Thing 1: just a dream I dreamt of being in a large bargoon shopping environment, like a Winners (a.k.a. Weiners) or a Ross's Dress for Less, pushing a shopping cart in which I had placed several outfits []
    • 2012, Eva Gruber, Thomas King: Works and Impact, page 103:
      [] thereby maintaining a social tone for these pursuits which challenges, to some degree at least, the consumerist message of the signs “Sale,” “Trade,” “Bargoon,” and “Shop” that hang on some of the tipis.