catchpenny
(adjective) designed to sell quickly without concern for quality; “catchpenny ornaments”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catchpenny (plural catchpennies)
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
Source: Wiktionary
Catch"pen*ny, a.
Definition: Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.
– n.
Definition: Some worthless catchpenny thing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
