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.]

Translations

two-bit

[ˈtuːbɪt] ADJ (US) → de poca monta, de tres al cuarto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

two-bit

[ˈtuːˌbɪt] adj (esp) (Am) (fam, pej) → da quattro soldi

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