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What does chintzy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word chintzy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or decorated with chintz.
  2. (figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
  3. (figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.
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For Gloucestershire, a county better known for its chintzy hotels, this is a real departure.
It has a walled rose garden, chintzy rooms and splendid food, courtesy of its owners, Monsieur and Madame Nourrisson.
Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
Something like a polite cocktail party is taking place in a chintzy antechamber to the London Hilton's Grand Ballroom.
For another such work, Chu carved the head of a fanged, monstrous beast and mounted it on a chintzy quilt with little flowers.
But don't assume that open wood and peat-burning fires translate into twee and chintzy cosiness.

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