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Definition of Penny ante poker
1. Noun. Poker played for small stakes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penny Ante Poker
Literary usage of Penny ante poker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind -, draw -, straight -, stud- poker;
bluff; bridge, -whist; lotto, monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, ..."
2. Buddy Ballads: Songs of the A.E.F. by Braley, Berton (1919)
"I'll take my risks in auction bridge and penny-ante poker, Where there's no German
Fokker bus to be the little joker, Let others gamble in the games of ..."
3. The King of the Alley: William Duer, Politician, Entrepreneur, and by Robert Francis Jones (1992)
"... detriment of me public interest.42 Another attempt by Duer to profit from his
position made the Janis contract look like a penny ante poker game. ..."
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