pitching pennies

noun

a gambling game in which pennies are tossed to a mark or against a wall, the winner being the person whose penny lands closest to the mark or wall.

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If you tried pitching pennies onto your sloping coffee table, you’d have a hard time keeping them from sliding off, given its right-to-left slant and front-to-back cant.

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People out here pitching pennies.

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Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies.

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More often than not their cultural pursuits are as high-minded as day trading, and their collecting as effective at achieving meaningful change as pitching pennies into a well.

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Selling recorded music "is like pitching pennies," added another songwriter-producer, Ivan Barias.

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