catchpenny
made to sell readily at a low price, regardless of value or use.
something that is catchpenny.
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How to use catchpenny in a sentence
It was Marr, though, who had seized upon it when it merely was a catchpenny carnival device and made of it a real money earner.
Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. CobbIt is the staple commodity of your newspaper-mongers, and the catchpenny song of the streets.
Fortunate, indeed, is the famous man who escapes the catchpenny biographer.
Old Familiar Faces | Theodore Watts-DuntonTheir popularity is not of the catchpenny sort; thoughtful people read them, as well as the great drove of the undiscriminating.
There has been several catchpenny works on this subject lately issued.
The Reason Why | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for catchpenny
/ (ˈkætʃˌpɛnɪ) /
(prenominal) designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality: catchpenny ornaments
an item or commodity that is cheap and showy
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