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PENNY ANTE

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• PENNY ANTE (noun)
The noun PENNY ANTE has 2 senses:

1. a business deal on a trivial scale
2. poker played for small stakes

Familiarity information: PENNY ANTE used as a noun is rare.

• PENNY ANTE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A business deal on a trivial scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("penny ante" is a kind of...):

business deal; deal; trade (a particular instance of buying or selling)

Sense 2

penny ante ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Poker played for small stakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

penny ante poker; penny ante

Hypernyms ("penny ante" is a kind of...):

poker; poker game (any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand)

"What goes up must come down."
(English proverb)
"Talk of the devil - and the devil appears."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Avoid what will require an apology."
(Arabic proverb)
"Bathe her and then look at her."
(Egyptian proverb)

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