two-bit

[too-bit]
adjective Slang.
1.
costing twenty-five cents.
2.
inferior or unimportant; small-time: a two-bit actor.

Origin:
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.
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two-bit definition


  1. mod.
    cheap; small-time. : Max is just a two-bit pusher. I want Mr. Big.
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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