pitching pennies

American  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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.

From Golf Digest

People out here pitching pennies.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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.

From Washington Post

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

From Chicago Tribune