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small-timers

small-timers is the plural of small-timer.

Meaning of small-timer

Noun

small-timer (plural small-timers)

  1. A person who is limited to small, petty or unimportant things.
    • She hated Ed Feinberg, the sleazy, lying, blood-sucking small-timer. Still he was a man; if he had called her up in the old days, in Seattle, she'd have entertained him.1934, Lew Levenson, chapter VIII, in Butterfly Man

Questions about small-timers

What is small-timers the plural of?
Small-timers is the plural of small-timer.

Words near small-timers in the dictionary

  1. small-talkers
  2. small-talky
  3. small-ticket
  4. small-time
  5. small-timer
  6. small-timers
  7. small-toothed palm civet
  8. small-toothed palm civets
  9. small-town
  10. small-towner
  11. small-towners

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