penny ante



penny ante

  (American)
of little value or importance He was proposing some penny ante increase in child-care that amounted to an extra ten dollars a week. We were burgled but they didn't take much - just penny ante stuff in the front office.
See also: ante, penny

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Virginia[və(:)'dʒinjə]
Vilfred-Danish
Gorman['gɔ:mən]
Anoubis-Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
LenLENEnglish
Pierinapye-REE-nahItalian