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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary;

as, a

catchpenny

book; a

catchpenny

show

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Noun.

Some worthless catchpenny thing.

Noun.

Something worthless, particularly a book or pamphlet, adapted to the popular taste, and intended to gain money in market.