Definition of "smalltime" []

• Informal Insignificant or unimportant; minor: a smalltime actor. (adjective)

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• "But as far as I can tell, most big companies that are sueing "smalltime" downloaders, just use these people as an excuse for their narrowminded buisnessbehavior."
• "Plenty of actors have gotten their start as smalltime models, but not many supermodels have successfully transitioned to the screen."
• "One day, she happened to observe one of their POWs—a smalltime crook named Tommy who had been hanging around Southeast Asia when the Japanese interned him—giving Oshida two cartons of cigarettes."