small time
noun
a circuit of minor theaters giving three or more shows daily.
small-timer
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a word derived from
small-time.
Example Sentences
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Connie, a scuzzy small-timer from Queens who dashes through much of the movie sporting stud earrings, a gray hoodie and a hastily applied blond dye job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2017
The script focused on Wells, the son of a local businessman who wanted to be seen as more than just the small-timer he feared he was becoming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2016
After years spent as a relative small-timer, the mercurial entrepreneur finds himself vice chairman of Time Warner, at the center of the world's largest programming engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
His story went on to tick off other notable racketeers-"after the bankers come the Wall Streeters"-before arriving at Al Capone, who was charitably described as "a small-timer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cher's mother, Georgia Holt, was a show-business small-timer in Los Angeles, a sometime model and actress in commercials.
From Time Magazine Archive
