Definition of catchpenny in English:
catchpenny
adjectiveˈkatʃpɛniˈkɛtʃˌpɛni
attributive Having a cheap superficial attractiveness designed to encourage quick sales.
the catchpenny world of commercial publishing
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't let your lip curl at the catchpenny title - the book contains much that would be of value to any writer.
- Indeed, by this time I'd gone off his work in a big way, largely because of his sonnets, which I thought were atrocious and boring, somewhat catchpenny.
- ‘She is an example of a well-known phenomenon of people who almost consciously write catchpenny entertainment they know is well beneath them,’ he said.
- As I have remarked before, you should not be put off by the catchpenny title.
Definition of catchpenny in US English:
catchpenny
adjectiveˈkeCHˌpenēˈkɛtʃˌpɛni
attributive Having a cheap superficial attractiveness designed to encourage quick sales.
the catchpenny world of commercial publishing
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘She is an example of a well-known phenomenon of people who almost consciously write catchpenny entertainment they know is well beneath them,’ he said.
- As I have remarked before, you should not be put off by the catchpenny title.
- Indeed, by this time I'd gone off his work in a big way, largely because of his sonnets, which I thought were atrocious and boring, somewhat catchpenny.
- Don't let your lip curl at the catchpenny title - the book contains much that would be of value to any writer.