catchpenny

English

Etymology

From catch +‎ penny.

Noun

catchpenny (plural catchpennies)

  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.
    • 1886, Charles Hindley, The History of the Catnach Press, page xxiii:
      CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: COMPRISING "COCKS," OR "CATCHPENNIES," A Large and Curious Assortment of STREET DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE, […]
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