Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Informal Costing or worth 25 cents.
- adjective Slang Worth very little; petty or insignificant.
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- adjective US, informal costing 25 cents
- adjective US, idiomatic, slang
insignificant orworthless
Etymologies
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Examples
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Who wants to see their religious traditions disrespected by foreigners strolling about and taking pictures as if the congregants were morons to be fodder for their two-bit family slide show back in Dubuque?
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Who wants to see their religious traditions disrespected by foreigners strolling about and taking pictures as if the congregants were morons to be fodder for their two-bit family slide show back in Dubuque?
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In other words, you could probably move on and avoid your past, like you couldn't do if you were a two-bit historical figure with a name like, say, Robert Bork.
Jason Salzman: Heck-of-a-Job Brownie Blames Katrina Victims Jason Salzman 2011
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Its "Interagency Task Force" against lending fraud with a lot of fanfare, for example, it turned out to be vaporware, a small-time operation that targeted two-bit grifters and petty crime rings but avoided any investigation of big-bank systemic fraud.
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In other words, you could probably move on and avoid your past, like you couldn't do if you were a two-bit historical figure with a name like, say, Robert Bork.
Jason Salzman: Heck-of-a-Job Brownie Blames Katrina Victims Jason Salzman 2011
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Who wants to see their religious traditions disrespected by foreigners strolling about and taking pictures as if the congregants were morons to be fodder for their two-bit family slide show back in Dubuque?
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When was this upgraded to two-bit? one maybe one and a half at a stretch.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This way ladies, if you would care to follow me. 2010
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Getty Images Jay-Z enjoying his carnival This was no two-bit carnival you might have had at your high school with a few beanbags, some class clown and a dunk tank.
Jay-Z's Big Hit: a Carnival Marshall Heyman 2011
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Who wants to see their religious traditions disrespected by foreigners strolling about and taking pictures as if the congregants were morons to be fodder for their two-bit family slide show back in Dubuque?
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Its "Interagency Task Force" against lending fraud with a lot of fanfare, for example, it turned out to be vaporware, a small-time operation that targeted two-bit grifters and petty crime rings but avoided any investigation of big-bank systemic fraud.
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