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bit part

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bit part
n.
A small or insignificant role, as in a play or movie, usually having a few spoken lines.

bit part
n
(Performing Arts / Theatre) a very small acting role with few lines to speak
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bit part - a small role
persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
soubrette - a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy
Translations
bit part n (in film, play) → particina, parte f secondaria
bit part n (in film, play) → particina, parte f secondaria


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After ``Nashville,'' he fell into a period of pretentiousness and indulgence (``Quintet,'' ``A Perfect Couple,'' ``Health'' -- the last of which I managed to snag a bit part in, but even so remains his worst movie).
While the Pants only play a bit part this time around, the starring role still goes to those unbreakable bonds of Sisterhood that carry the girls through all kinds of family and boyfriend dramas.
In a talk with The Advocate at his beach-hip three-story, five-bedroom home in Los Angeles's Marina del Rey area, Sabato--the son of "liberal, loving" parents (his dad, who had a bit part in Barbarella, is a famed actor in the family's native Italy)--proves eloquently empathetic to gay men's issues in particular.
 
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