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adjective Slang . costing twenty-five cents.
inferior or unimportant; small-time: a two-bit actor.
Origin of two-bit An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
Words nearby two-bit two-a-cat, Two-and-a-half International, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-beat, two-bit , two bits, two-body problem, two-by-four, two can play at that game, two-carbon fragment
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Example sentences from the Web for two-bit By Monday evening, it had been leaked to the blogger The Two-Bit Idiot, who published it on the Web.
Inside Japan’s Bitcoin Heist | Jake Adelstein| February 28, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A published article compares state sponsored police brutality to the individual actions of a two-bit huckster on Youtube.
History's Vilest #SlatePitch Asks: Why Do We Bitterly Cling to Free Speech? | Justin Green| September 26, 2012| DAILY BEAST
What possible interest could she have in meeting a two-bit , half-term governor of Alaska?
Palin’s Delusions of Grandeur | Alex Massie| June 8, 2011| DAILY BEAST
The Republican takeover of the House is no less dramatic for having been predicted by every two-bit pundit on the planet.
A Democratic Bloodbath | Howard Kurtz| November 3, 2010| DAILY BEAST
Any two-bit comedian can stand onstage and spout ignorant ethnic slurs.
Sacha Baron Cohen's 9 Wildest Moments | The Daily Beast Video| July 9, 2009| DAILY BEAST
I havent flown all the way from New York to have a two-bit clerk tell me to wait.
Satan and the Comrades | Ralph Bennitt
Knocked off by a two-bit racket boss who thought he was being crossed.
Arm of the Law | Harry Harrison
The doorbell woke me up and I dredged my apartment to identify Nora fiddling in my two-bit kitchen with ham and eggs.
The Big Fix | George Oliver Smith
Say, I haven't owned a two-bit piece since—wal, fer some time.
The Lone Star Ranger | Zane Grey
Hugh had been right; the "two-bit limit" was soon lifted, and Allen urged his guests to go as far as they liked.
The Plastic Age | Percy Marks
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British Dictionary definitions for two-bit adjective (prenominal) slang , mainly US and Canadian worth next to nothing; cheap
Word Origin for two-bit C20: from the phrase two bits a small sum
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Words related to two-bit base, cheesy, crappy, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time, trashy, valueless, worthless, tatty, catchpenny, cruddy