pennyante

Definitions

Alternative spelling of penny-ante.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“You wouldn't want⟳ one of your agents doing something like⟳ that just to convict a pennyante gambler.”

“What the workers detest most is the UFW hiring hall ... the pennyante dispatch halls which give⟳ UFW organizers dictatorial control⟳ over the workers.”

“It would serve⟳ you right if I left you to deal⟳ with Annie and your pennyante charter service.”

“"So," Mologna said, "a lot of you social misfits, pennyante heisters, cheapjack four-flushers, and miserable hopeless losers figure⟳ you'll help⟳ the Police Department of the City of New York find⟳ the Byzantine Fire, is that it?"”

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