Small-time
adjective
1.
of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence:
a small-time politician.
noun, (in vaudeville)
1.
a circuit of minor theaters giving three or more shows daily.
adjective
1.
(informal) insignificant; minor: a small-time criminal
small print, the
A modest or minor level of achievement, as in Her success took her out of the small time to prime-time television. This expression was originally used in vaudeville for second-rate theaters and productions. [ Early 1900s ]
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