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

Imagine if, instead of losing to the Irish during a rainy October evening, the Trojans played a small-time opponent that night at the Coliseum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 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

In those days he was a small-time thief whose heart was stolen by Veronica Saldivia.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez