small-time
Example Sentences
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It was small-time stuff until after the Civil War, when the railroads reached south and the fruit sold north.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
With a love triangle between two living parties and a dead guy, custody disagreements and a few other small-time secrets, Hoover has essentially perfected the recipe for the modern melodrama.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
If Atkins is successful in widening access to private companies, it won’t mean that small-time investors will be invited into the inner circle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Currency trading by small-time investors in Japan is more popular than it is in the U.S., experts said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
It looked like the face of any small-time politician.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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