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spenny

Syllables: spen·nyUK/ˈspɛni/

spenny adjective: expensive.

Adjective

spenny (comparative more spenny, superlative most spenny)

  1. (Australia, UK, informal) Expensive.
    • "Rather a spenny little bundle, I'm afraid," he thought, "but strictly expense account stuff. […]"1994, Humphrey Drummond, chapter 7, in Nazi Gold: the Search for the Party Treasure, London: The Historical Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 79
    • My mate Nick's got a Wild Country Voyager that was pretty spenny and obviously high performance but small (having said that he only paid 80 quid for it from outside cos it'd been a demo at a show).1999 May 25, Matt Schofield, “liberate the gear freak...”, in uk.rec.climbing (Usenet)

Proper noun capitalized: Spenny

Spenny

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Spencer.

Examples of spenny in a sentence

  • Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.2000 July 5, tom8...@my-deja.com, “mid-budget archtop jazz choice ?”, in uk.music.guitar (Usenet):
  • Why bother with spenny cans of aspartame/sugar filled muck, when a bottle of water and a few caffeine tabs will do the job instead, hmmmmmm?2003 May 30, Flora, “Mike's topical tip No 2”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet):
  • Darling Ray, ¶ Having narrowly escaped being consumed by flesh-eating maggots (spawned by the world of television, rather than the dead-body-munching kind), I’ve fled to Majorca (spa was too spenny).2009, Samantha Scott-Jeffries, “Heels on Wheels” (chapter 6), in I Do, I Do, I Do, London: Little Black Dress, →ISBN, page 98:
  • Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.2017, Tony Williams, chapter 4, in Nutcase, London: Salt Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 15:

Synonyms of spenny

18 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Forms of spenny

comparativemore spenny
superlativemost spenny

Origin of spenny

Variant of spendy. Possibly influenced by a clipping of expensive.

Words that rhyme with spenny

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about spenny

What does spenny mean?
Spenny means expensive.
How do you use spenny in a sentence?
Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.
What part of speech is spenny?
Spenny can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce spenny?
Spenny is pronounced /ˈspɛni/ (UK).

Words near spenny in the dictionary

  1. Spenerism
  2. Spengler
  3. Spenglerian
  4. Spennithorne
  5. spenno
  6. spenny
  7. Spennymoor
  8. spenocyte
  9. spense
  10. Spenser
  11. Spenserian

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