- penny ante poker
- nounpoker played for small stakes• Syn: ↑penny ante• Hypernyms: ↑poker, ↑poker game
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penny ante poker
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penny ante — noun 1. a business deal on a trivial scale • Hypernyms: ↑deal, ↑trade, ↑business deal 2. poker played for small stakes • Syn: ↑penny ante poker • Hypernyms: ↑poker, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Penny Ante — was a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right . Played from January 25, 1979 through June 14, 2002, it was played for a prize worth more than $3,000, and it used grocery items.The game was played on the 1980s UK… … Wikipedia
penny-ante — (adj.) cheap, trivial, 1935, from PENNY (Cf. penny) + ANTE (Cf. ante), in reference to poker played for insignificant stakes … Etymology dictionary
penny ante — ☆ penny ante n. 1. a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent 2. any trifling undertaking … English World dictionary
penny-ante — /pɛni ˈænti/ (say penee antee) adjective mean minded; petty; niggardly. {penny + ante; US English (1850s) from the game of poker where the ante is fixed as one penny} …
penny ante — noun a) A small stake in gambling. b) poker played for small stakes See Also: pennyante, penny ante … Wiktionary
Penny Ante — Poker A game in which the ante or limit is one cent … The official rules of card games glossary
penny ante — 1. Cards. a game of poker in which the ante or basic bet is one cent. 2. Informal. any business arrangement or transaction involving a trifling or paltry sum of money. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
penny ante — pen′ny an′te n. 1) gam a game of poker in which the ante or limit is one cent 2) inf any arrangement or transaction involving a trifling or paltry sum of money • Etymology: 1850–55, amer … From formal English to slang
penny ante — noun Date: 1855 poker played for very low stakes … New Collegiate Dictionary
