spenny
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See also: Spenny
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spenny (comparative more spenny, superlative most spenny)
- (UK, informal) Expensive.
- 2009, Samantha Scott-Jeffries, “Heels on Wheels” (chapter 6), in I Do, I Do, I Do, London: Little Black Dress, →ISBN, page 98:
- 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!!!
- 2017, Tony Williams, chapter 4, in Nutcase, London: Salt Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 15:
- Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.
- 2023 March 6, Natasha Harding, “I've found the perfect 'going out' top, and it's from H&M”, in Cosmopolitan UK[4], London: Hearst Magazines UK, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-07-04:
- A good 'going out top' will see you through many seasons to come. It is arguably the most important half of the classic 'jeans and a nice top' outfit combo. But finding these miracle tops is easier said than done. They can often be quite spenny or, depending on the neckline, impossible to find a bra to wear underneath.
Further reading
[edit]- “spenny”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.