spenny
adjUS, UK /ˈspɛni/
Etymology Variant of spendy. Possibly influenced by a clipping of expensive.
- "Rather a spenny little bundle, I'm afraid," he thought, "but strictly expense account stuff. […]"1994, Humphrey Drummond, chapter 7, in Nazi Gold: the Search for the Party Treasure, London: The Historical Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 79:
- My mate Nick's got a Wild Country Voyager that was pretty spenny and obviously high performance but small (having said that he only paid 80 quid for it from outside cos it'd been a demo at a show).1999 May 25, Matt Schofield, “liberate the gear freak...”, in uk.rec.climbing (Usenet):
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- Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.2000 July 5, tom8...@my-deja.com, “mid-budget archtop jazz choice ?”, in uk.music.guitar (Usenet):
- Why bother with spenny cans of aspartame/sugar filled muck, when a bottle of water and a few caffeine tabs will do the job instead, hmmmmmm? Just my pen'north.2003 May 30, Flora, “Mike's topical tip No 2”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet):
- Darling Ray, ¶ Having narrowly escaped being consumed by flesh-eating maggots (spawned by the world of television, rather than the dead-body-munching kind), I’ve fled to Majorca (spa was too spenny). I’m here working as a wedding planner. Please stop laughing!!!2009, Samantha Scott-Jeffries, “Heels on Wheels” (chapter 6), in I Do, I Do, I Do, London: Little Black Dress, →ISBN, page 98:
- Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.2017, Tony Williams, chapter 4, in Nutcase, London: Salt Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 15: