small-time
small-time
Definition
☆ small·-time (-tīm′)
adjective
Informal of little importance or significance; minor or petty
small-time
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- crook: The Killing Leon is a small-time crook who's ridden his luck for three decades.
- gangster: Reviewed by: Maurice Reviewed on: 11 Nov 2005 A small-time gangster that wants to be a concert pianist.
- dealer: You had to watch them, some of the small-time car dealers dealing in secondhand cars, God they were crooks.
- criminal: Ruth married Dean Neave, a small-time criminal and drug abuser, in 1991 and moved to the Welland, in Peterborough.
- farmer: A new, modified drip irrigation system has recently been developed for small-time farmers.
- job: After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization.
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