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small-time

adjective
🔊/ˈsmɔːl taɪm/
🔊/ˈsmɔːl taɪm/
 [only before noun] (informal, disapproving)
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  1. (often of criminals常指罪犯) not very important or successful不太重要的；不高明的 synonym petty
    • a small-time crook手段不高明的骗子
    compare big timeTopics Difficulty and failurec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySmall-time is used with these nouns:
    • crook
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