two-bit
Use Two-bit in a sentence
adjective Slang.
1.
costing twenty-five cents.
2.
inferior or unimportant; small-time: a two-bit actor.
Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism
1795–1805, Americanism
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| two-bit | |
| —adj | |
| worth next to nothing; cheap | |
| [C20: from the phrase two bits a small sum] | |
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Two-bit
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Slang Dictionary
two-bit definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
US authorities have maintained that he was nothing more than a two-bit snitch.
He has given up the two-bit office with the filing cabinet-no clients-and moved out of his apartment into a rooming house.
Skills sharpened from overseas deployment overwhelms the two-bit cartels.
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