Meaning

2 senses
  1. A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.

    Near-synonym: loss leader

  2. A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.

Origin

Pre-Greekder.?

Pre-Greekder.?

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Forms

plural: catchpennies
Singularcatchpenny
Pluralcatchpennies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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