catchpenny
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Vulgar Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Vulgar Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peny English penny English catchpenny From catch + penny.
- derived from cacchen English catch Pre-Greekder
- derived from cachierbor
- derived from -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor
Definitions
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
- Near-synonym: loss leader
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
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The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for catchpenny. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA