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small time
1noun
- a circuit of minor theaters giving three or more shows daily.
small-time
2[ smawl-tahym ]
adjective
- of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence:
a small-time politician.
small-time
adjective
- informal.insignificant; minor
a small-time criminal
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Derived Forms
- ˈ-ˈپ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- -پİ noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of small time1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Origin of small time2
First recorded in 1910–15
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Idioms and Phrases
A modest or minor level of achievement, as in Her success took her out of the small time to prime-time television . This expression was originally used in vaudeville for second-rate theaters and productions. [Early 1900s] Also see big time , def. 2.Advertisement
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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