two-bit

Example Sentences

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For someone who frequently proclaims his innocence, Donald Trump sure loves to act like a two-bit gangster.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 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

Twenty years earlier, Charlie Billingsley himself had worn the black and white of Permian, not as some two-bit supporter but as a star, a legend.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger