bit player
noun
an actor having a very small speaking part in a play, motion picture, etc.
Origin of bit player
1First recorded in 1935–40
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How to use bit player in a sentence
The university had always been a bit player in the stadium discussion.
With Stadium Construction, This San Diego Special Is Actually Resolved | Scott Lewis | August 27, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoBut he acted more like a bit player in an Austin Powers movie.
The CIA’s Bumbling German Spy Was More Austin Powers and Less James Bond | Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor all its anguishing, the Court is actually a bit-player here.
Yahoo is still basically a bit player in search, with only 11.4 percent of the market.
Yahoo! Poised to Cash In on Initial Public Offering of China E-Commerce Giant Alibaba | William O’Connor | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut massive paradigm shifts have rendered the NYSE a bit player.
As an extra and a bit player he appeared in at least 70 movies from 1931 to 1950.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story | Kate Buford | August 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bit-player in the robot suit was clearly as mad as a hatter.
The Ego Machine | Henry Kuttner
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