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[ adjective ] having no real backing
Synonyms Examples "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room" "a small-time actor" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)The portwatchers were retired longshoremen and small_time seafarers off towboats and barges who acted_as watchmen on the wharves . Related terms |
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