spenny

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1. AustraliaUKinformalExpensive.

   "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

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   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)

   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

   Synonyms: costly, dear, spendy, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful

1. A diminutive of the male given name Spencer.