catchpenny

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Scrabble points: 22
Words With Friends: 25
Letters: 10

Definition of catchpenny

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods.

“Near-synonym: loss leader”

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noun

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.

“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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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.

Words you can make from catchpenny

199 playable · top: CATCHY (16 pts)

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8-letter words

1 word

PENCHANT 15 pts

7-letter words

6 words

6-letter words

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5-letter words

38 words

4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

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