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 Che sa’ra, sa’ra.Cheap Jack. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cheap as a Sardinian.
 
A Roman phrase referring to the great crowds of Sardinian prisoners brought to Rome by Tiberius Gracchus, and offered for sale at almost any price.   1
 


 Che sa’ra, sa’ra.Cheap Jack. 

 
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