Idiom
penny-come-quick
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
a trick
Examples
“He lost his money to a penny-come-quick.”
“The salesman promised huge returns, but it was just a penny-come-quick to steal our savings.”
“The desperate investor fell for the elaborate penny-come-quick, failing to realize that the promised profits were entirely imaginary.”
Examples
simple
“He lost his money to a penny-come-quick.”
contextual
“The salesman promised huge returns, but it was just a penny-come-quick to steal our savings.”
complex
“The desperate investor fell for the elaborate penny-come-quick, failing to realize that the promised profits were entirely imaginary.”
Origin
A trick of confidence which if successful made for easy money.
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