Spenny

/ˈspɛni/ · adjective

Meaning

(UK, Australia, informal) Expensive..

Example Sentences

"Rather a spenny little bundle, I'm afraid," he thought, "but strictly expense account stuff. […]"

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).

Ibanez will probably be too spenny unless you find one secondhand with an owner who doesn't appreciate its real value.

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.

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!!!

Davey would buy these spenny glass jars of food for the baby, but Aidan was lucky if he got chips and scraps.

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.

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Antonyms for spenny

Word Forms

• more spenny
• most spenny

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