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small-time

  [smawl-tahym]
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–adjective
of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence: a small-time politician.
Origin:
1910–15

Related forms:
small-timer, noun
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small·time or small-time   (smôl'tīm')   
adj.   Informal
Insignificant or unimportant; minor: a smalltime actor.
small'tim'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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small-time

  1. mod.
    insignificant; petty. : Bart was involved in a lot of small-time crime when he was twelve.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

small-time  (adj.)
1910, originally theater slang for lower-salaried circuits, or ones requiring more daily performances.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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