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catchpennies

catchpennies is the plural of catchpenny.

Meaning of catchpenny

Noun

catchpenny (plural catchpennies)

  1. A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
    • Near-synonym: loss leader
    Synonyms:
    loss leader
  2. A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
    • CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: COMPRISING "COCKS," OR "CATCHPENNIES," A Large and Curious Assortment of STREET DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE, […]1886, Charles Hindley, The History of the Catnach Press, page xxiii

Questions about catchpennies

What is catchpennies the plural of?
Catchpennies is the plural of catchpenny.

Words near catchpennies in the dictionary

  1. catchment basins
  2. catchmented
  3. catchmenting
  4. catchments
  5. catchoo
  6. catchpennies
  7. catchpenny
  8. catchphrase
  9. catchphrases
  10. catchpit
  11. catchpits

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