Definition of "two-bit" [two-bit]

• Informal Costing or worth 25 cents: a two-bit cigar. (adjective)
• Slang Worth very little; petty or insignificant: a two-bit thief. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."
• "When was this upgraded to two-bit? one maybe one and a half at a stretch."
• "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?"