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(in vaudeville)a circuit of minor theaters giving three or more shows daily.[1920-25, Amer.]
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Universalium. 2010.
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small-time — small′ time′ adj. having little or no importance or influence: a small time politician[/ex] • Etymology: 1910–15 small′ tim′er, n … From formal English to slang
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small-time — small timer, n. /smawl tuym /, adj. of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small time politician. [1910 15] * * * … Universalium
small-time — (adj.) 1910, originally theater slang for lower salaried circuits, or ones requiring more daily performances … Etymology dictionary
small-time — [adj] minor bush league*, dinky*, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, low, petty, piddling, secondary, second string*, trivial, two bit*, unimportant; concepts 575,773,789 … New thesaurus
small-time — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ unimportant; minor … English terms dictionary
small-time — ☆ small time [smôltīm΄ ] adj. Informal of little importance or significance; minor or petty … English World dictionary
small-time — ADJ GRADED If you refer to workers or businesses as small time, you think they are not very important because their work is limited in extent or not very successful. During my youth I knew all the small time drug dealers and criminals. ...a small … English dictionary
small-time — mod. insignificant; petty. □ I was in a lot of small time stuff at home, but never a Broadway hit before. □ Broadway is not small time. □ Bart was involved in a lot of small time crime when he was twelve … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
