two-bit

Example Sentences

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He resembled the missing link between the ghosts of Danny Aiello and Powers Boothe, with the rough, big-city bark of a two-bit gangster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 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

I think being called two-bit reporter” is a bit harsh.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2022

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

Corporate decision makers, and even some two-bit entrepreneurs like my boss at The Maids, occupy an economic position miles above that of the underpaid people whose labor they depend on.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich