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Penny ante   /pˈɛni ˈænti/   Listen
Penny ante

noun
1.
A business deal on a trivial scale.
2.
Poker played for small stakes.  Synonym: penny ante poker.



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"Penny ante" Quotes from Famous Books



... maverick schools he'd given grants, and the penny ante commercial organizations he'd set on their feet. He gave them the ...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones

... "but I slipped it in an envelope and sent it to that shiftless Hank Tuttle, over at the point. You see, Hank guzzles hard cider, and plays penny ante, and is always hard up. He won't know where it come from, and won't care. The fine cigars them two handed out so free I'm keepin' to smoke ...
— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford



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