catchpenny
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.
Near-synonym: loss leader
2
A publication, etc. intended to make money, with no particular merit otherwise.
CURIOSITIES OF STREET LITERATURE: COMPRISING "COCKS," OR "CATCHPENNIES," A Large and Curious Assortment of STREET DROLLERIES, SQUIBS, HISTORIES, COMIC STORIES IN PROSE AND VERSE, […]
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