two-bit
Example Sentences
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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 result is a kind of two-bit black market, rife with clever workarounds and conspiracy theories, and no small amount of social friction.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Cool story, bro — except that these companies are wealthy behemoths with fleets of lawyers, not two-bit operations who make most of their money through tax fraud and cellphone ringtones.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2021
Just because he can’t remember the name of some two-bit movie star?
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
