two-bit
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two-bit
(to͞o′bĭt′)adj.
1. Informal Costing or worth 25 cents: a two-bit cigar.
2. Slang Worth very little; petty or insignificant: a two-bit thief.
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two-bit
adj (prenominal)
worth next to nothing; cheap
[C20: from the phrase two bits a small sum]
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two′-bit`
adj. Informal.
1. costing 25 cents.
2. inferior or unimportant; small-time: a two-bit actor.
[1795–1805, Amer.]
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