small-timer
- 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
A distant cousin to Lenny Bruce's abrasive small-timer bombing at the London Palladium, Tony is the dark side of every comic.
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
Carmine De Sapio, a colorless small-timer who runs what's left of Tammany Hall, was for Wagner, which meant that New York Mayor Vincent Impellitteri was automatically against him.
From Time Magazine Archive
