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spenny

adj
/ˈspɛni/US

Etymology

Variant of spendy. Possibly influenced by a clipping of expensive.

Definitions

  1. Expensive.

    • "Rather a spenny little bundle, I'm afraid," he thought, "but strictly expense account stuff. […]"
    • My mate Nick's got a Wild Country Voyager that was pretty spenny and obviously high performance but small (having said that he only paid 80 quid for it from outside cos it'd been a demo at a show).
    • Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Spencer.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA