Bible Dictionaries
Catchpenny

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.

(2):

(n.) Some worthless catchpenny thing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Catchpenny'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/catchpenny.html. 1828.