: poker played for very low stakes
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Peep: ain’t no manuals for going from peddling near penny-ante amounts of crack to moving a whole kilo on consignment.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Unlike shoplifting, this is not a penny-ante crime, and it’s carried out every day with the ruthless efficiency of the boardroom.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
That was penny-ante compared to the news that a metal salvager had found 52 of that year’s Oscars statuettes, still plastic-wrapped, in the trash behind a Koreatown store.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Author: Linda Robertson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2021
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Adjective
Its theme was that penny-ante contributions to local charitable institutions was as nothing, compared with the moral imperative to make as much money as one could, and then give it away.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Peep: ain’t no manuals for going from peddling near penny-ante amounts of crack to moving a whole kilo on consignment.
—Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Unlike shoplifting, this is not a penny-ante crime, and it’s carried out every day with the ruthless efficiency of the boardroom.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
That was penny-ante compared to the news that a metal salvager had found 52 of that year’s Oscars statuettes, still plastic-wrapped, in the trash behind a Koreatown store.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Noun
And the abuelas did not like to lose their penny ante poker games, said Surfside native Michelle Kuper, whose grandmother and aunt lived in Champlain East.
—Author: Linda Robertson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2021
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“Penny-ante.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny-ante. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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