two-bit
Example Sentences
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By his own admission, Cohen was a two-bit flunkie who barely worked as a lawyer but more as a "fixer."
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
Brunner wrote that the majority ruling had relegated the court’s constitutional role “to little more than a two-bit player in furthering the delay already embedded in the history of this case.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
The stories never say that the employer “‘demands’ that the union men agree to work for a two-bit raise; the union never ‘offers’ to accept more.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
The cases of the week involving two-bit schemers and has-beens are easy enough to make stick.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
“So what are you? A two-bit con artist?”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
