catchpenny

• Well, I went on perusing the work, and found almost at once that it was what is called a catchpenny, and depended altogether, for its success, upon the fame and reputation of its predecessor of nearly the same name. —  The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
• Not surprisingly, swindlers and catchpenny schemes flourish. —  the Cucking Stool
• Is no catchpenny dream; - —  Scribal Terror
• -- "Certainly; there is not a catchpenny in the world but what goes down, if the title be apt and seductive. —  My Novel — Volume 03
• "The whole affair is a manifest catchpenny!" observes he, scarcely under his breath. —  Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")

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