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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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But don't assume that open wood and peat-burning fires translate into twee and chintzy cosiness.
It has a walled rose garden, chintzy rooms and splendid food, courtesy of its owners, Monsieur and Madame Nourrisson.
Far more in the traditional chintzy hotel mould than the Old Pines, the rooms are nonetheless more than comfortable.
But this year, why not chuck out the chintzy trailing lobelias, begonias, marigolds and petunias, and go for something a little more unusual?
Roast suckling pig might evoke the same lip-smacking if it wasn't such a chintzy portion.
I filled in a couple of forms before being taken into a plush, chintzy room where I was seen by Josephine, a nurse and the deputy clinic manager.

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