catchpenny
\ KACH-pen-ee \, adjective;
1.made to sell readily at a low price, regardless of value or use.
noun:
1.something that is catchpenny.
Quotes:
Frieda tracked her transformation in the mirror, uncertain if this catchpenny version of herself was closer to, or further from, the real thing.
-- Michael Lowenthal, "Charity Girl," 2007
But the Passionate Parisian Painter—and all that catchpenny nonsense about the Spanish Civil War: I mean...really, I ask you.
-- Martin Amis, "The Rachel Papers," 1973
Origin:
Catchpenny entered English in the 1750s and comes from the phrase "catch a penny."
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