Pennyante
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pennyante is an adjective meaning Alternative spelling of penny-ante.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of penny-ante.
Example Sentences
It would serve you right if I left you to deal with Annie and your pennyante charter service.
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.
"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?"
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include insignificant, smalltime, pocket-size, tinpot, pintsized, pin-headed.
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