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Definition of Small-time
1. Adjective. Of minor importance. "A small-time actor"
Definition of Small-time
1. Adjective. On a small scale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small-time
Literary usage of Small-time
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... because between the two events Paul and Barnabas "abode no small time with
the disciples" (xiv, 27). and we now designate such a date A. p. ..."
2. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"Chapter Fifteen: Its "Small Time" Vaudeville It is the secret ambition of all
small boys around the age of seven to grow up to be the august personage in ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... And then the champion threw down his gauntlet; which, having lain some small
time, the herald took it up, ..."
4. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... as hath formerly been ; in a very small time, nothing will be left whereby
posterity may know, that such people as these ever inhabited here. ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"If AB were very small, we might reason (with tolerable exactness) as follows :
in a very small time the change of speed will be slight, and the motion of ..."
6. Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall: Kept in Philadelphia and by Christopher Marshall, William Duane (1877)
"This with the other supplies from Virginia and other quarters, gives a pleasing
prospect of seeing our whole army completely clothed in a small time. spent ..."
7. The Diary of Ralph Thoresby... (1677-1724): Now First Published from the by Ralph Thoresby (1830)
"... had too small time to peruse so pleasing rarities and consult so obliging a
gentleman, who, by his courteous demeanour and importunate requests, ..."
8. The Diary of Ralph Thoresby... (1677-1724): Now First Published from the by Ralph Thoresby (1830)
"... had too small time to peruse so pleasing rarities and consult so obliging a
gentleman ... small time ..."
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