catchpenny
catchpenny is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- admission
- and
- bargain
- bon
- buy
- charge
- cheap
- cheapness
- come
- cost
- costless
- deadhead
- depreciation
- dirt
- dog
- down
- drug
- expense
- expenseless
- fall
- for
- free
- good
- gratis
- gratuitous
- gratuity
- have
- honorary
- inexpensive
- labor
- little
- love
- low
- market
- mere
- moderate
- money
- nasty
- nominal
- not
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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