Definify.com
Definition 2024
small-timer
small-timer
See also: smalltimer
English
Noun
small-timer (plural small-timers)
- A person who is limited to small, petty or unimportant things.
- 1997: John Sandford, The Night Crew, Putnam, page 148
- "If he's smooth, he don't have to worry too much about the cops, because he's such a small-timer, and when they come around, he cooperates. The cops always want the big guys..."
- 1997: John Sandford, The Night Crew, Putnam, page 148