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Definition of Penny ante
1. Noun. A business deal on a trivial scale.
2. Noun. Poker played for small stakes.
Definition of Penny ante
1. Noun. A small stake in gambling. ¹
2. Noun. poker played for small stakes ¹
3. Noun. A small-scale business transaction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penny Ante
Literary usage of Penny ante
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"The burlesque, " penny ante," came here for two weeks, commencing June 9. This was
the cast: Simon Ainsley Scott Bonifacio .... James Sturgess Francis . ..."
2. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"The burlesque, " penny ante," came here for two weeks, commencing June 9. This was
the cast: Bonifacio .... James Sturgess Cleopatra . ..."
3. Penny of Top Hill Trail by Belle Kanaris Maniates (1919)
"Cut that out, Miss penny ante. He wants to find you because he loves you." "
What makes you think so, Jo? " " He 'fessed up when he found you had gone. ..."
4. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"We do not play cent-ante, but penny-ante. We still "turn an honest penny" and
say "a penny for your thoughts." The pound and the shilling became extinct ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Herman Merivale (1817)
"197, and Southby v. Stonehouse, 2 Ves. sen. 61O. See also-Donn v. Penny, ante, p.
20. Brouncker v. Bagot, ante, p. 271. Mooc v. Moon. ..."
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