Antonyms for catchpenny

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kach-pen-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætʃˌpɛn i

Definition of catchpenny

As in two-bit : adj cheap, worth very little
As in cheap : adj inferior, low in quality
As in flashy : adj flamboyant, in poor taste
As in gaudy : adj bright and vulgar

Example sentences :

Wrote a tale of "'76," which with others will make a catchpenny book.
Extract from : « Louisa May Alcott » by Louisa May Alcott

And what catchpenny ballad writer could not write a parody on them as you have done?
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two » by Harriette Wilson

It was Marr, though, who had seized upon it when it merely was a catchpenny carnival device and made of it a real money earner.
Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb

It is the staple commodity of your newspaper-mongers, and the catchpenny song of the streets.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 » by Various

Their popularity is not of the catchpenny sort; thoughtful people read them, as well as the great drove of the undiscriminating.
Extract from : « Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 » by Various

Fortunate, indeed, is the famous man who escapes the catchpenny biographer.
Extract from : « Old Familiar Faces » by Theodore Watts-Dunton

Synonyms for catchpenny

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