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catchpenny

catchpenny noun: a cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.

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

Synonyms of catchpenny

Forms of catchpenny

pluralcatchpennies

Origin of catchpenny

From catch + penny.

Questions about catchpenny

What does catchpenny mean?
Catchpenny means a cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
What part of speech is catchpenny?
Catchpenny is a noun.
What is the plural of catchpenny?
The plural of catchpenny is catchpennies.

Words near catchpenny in the dictionary

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

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