catchpenny noun2 •A cheap item designed to attract purchasers of other goods. •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, […] — 1886 formscatchpennies
