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penny ante definition

☆ penny ante

  1. a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent
  2. any trifling undertaking

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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