Catchpenny

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catchpenny \Catch"pen*ny\, a.
     Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the
     ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.
     -- n. Some worthless catchpenny thing.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catchpenny
       adj : designed to sell quickly without concern for quality;
             "catchpenny ornaments" [syn: {catchpenny(a)}]