penny anten.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛnɪ ˈanti/, U.S.

/ˈpɛni ˈæn(t)i/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., ante n.²

Etymology: < penny n. + ante n.²

U.S.

A. n.

The game of poker when the ante is fixed at one penny or a similarly insignificant stake.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of

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Hold 'Em1964

Texas Hold 'Em1968

pai gow poker1985

1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 259 Napoleon spends most of his time playing penny ‘ante’ with the three Graces.

1894 Outing 24 72/1 They play penny-ante with feverish absorption.

1936 L. Hellman Days to Come iii. 88 We always used to play penny-ante there.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline v. 63 Prices were offered that made Royal American's earlier bids seem like penny ante.

2003 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 26 Dec. 1 d We played penny ante.

B. adj.

Insignificant, trivial.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

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1865 J. R. Dennett South as it Is i, in Nation 20 July 76/1 A'n't they a ‘penny-ante’ lookin' lot?

1907 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Oct. 499 He's down in Arizona now, commanding a penny-ante post on the desert.

1946 Negro Digest Aug. 48/1 Compared to the man Bilbo, 63-year-old John Rankin is strictly penny ante and colorless.

1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof ix. 140 I'm not a penny-ante hood.

1995 Newsweek 27 Nov. 86/3 The mooks in ‘Mean Streets’ were penny ante next to these hoods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penny ante
释义	penny anten.adj. Brit. /ˌpɛnɪ ˈanti/, U.S. /ˈpɛni ˈæn(t)i/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., ante n.² Etymology: < penny n. + ante n.² U.S. A. n. The game of poker when the ante is fixed at one penny or a similarly insignificant stake. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of vaunt1598 brag1734 draw poker1847 penny ante1855 freeze-out1856 draw1857 straight poker1864 stud poker1864 mistigris1875 highball1878 whisky-poker1878 stud-horse poker1881 stud horse1882 stud1884 showdown poker1892 show poker1895 red dog1919 showdown1927 strip-poker1929 manilla1930 Hold 'Em1964 Texas Hold 'Em1968 pai gow poker1985 1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Doesticks, what he Says 259 Napoleon spends most of his time playing penny ‘ante’ with the three Graces. 1894 Outing 24 72/1 They play penny-ante with feverish absorption. 1936 L. Hellman Days to Come iii. 88 We always used to play penny-ante there. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline v. 63 Prices were offered that made Royal American's earlier bids seem like penny ante. 2003 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 26 Dec. 1 d We played penny ante. B. adj. Insignificant, trivial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 1865 J. R. Dennett South as it Is i, in Nation 20 July 76/1 A'n't they a ‘penny-ante’ lookin' lot? 1907 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Oct. 499 He's down in Arizona now, commanding a penny-ante post on the desert. 1946 Negro Digest Aug. 48/1 Compared to the man Bilbo, 63-year-old John Rankin is strictly penny ante and colorless. 1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof ix. 140 I'm not a penny-ante hood. 1995 Newsweek 27 Nov. 86/3 The mooks in ‘Mean Streets’ were penny ante next to these hoods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1855
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