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penny ante

 
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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pen⋅ny-an⋅te

  [pen-ee-an-tee]
–adjective Informal.
1. involving a trifling sum of money; small in amount: a penny-ante investment.
2. inconsiderable; minor; small-time.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism
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penny ante  
n.  

  1. A poker game in which the highest bet is limited to a penny or another small sum.

  2. Informal A business transaction on a trivial scale.

pen'ny-an'te (pěn'ē-ān'tē) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
penny-ante

  1. mod.
    trivial; cheap. (See also ante.) : I'm sick of this penny-ante stuff. Let's get serious.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

penny-ante  (adj.)
"cheap, trivial," 1935, from penny + ante (q.v.), in ref. to poker played for insignificant stakes.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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