Usually means: Minor, insignificant in scale or importance.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word small time:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. small time: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. small-time: Merriam-Webster
  3. small-time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. small time: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. small-time, small-time: Collins English Dictionary
  6. small-time: Vocabulary.com
  7. Small-time, small-time: Wordnik
  8. small-time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. small-time, small time: Wiktionary
  10. small-time: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. small-time: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. small time: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. small-time, small time: Dictionary.com
  14. small-time (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. small-time: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Small Time: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. small-time: Rhymezone
  18. small-time: FreeDictionary.org
  19. small-time: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. small-time, small time: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. small time: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Small time: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (small time)

▸ noun:  (informal) A modest level of achievement, often local

Similar:
unimportant, nickel-and-dime, small-timer, smalltimer, minor, small-towner, lowling, rookie numbers, streetling, do-little, more...

Opposite:
big time, major, significant, substantial

Phrases:
Small Time Crooks, small period of time, small amount of time, small time frame, a small time, more...
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Similar:
unimportant, nickel-and-dime, small-timer, smalltimer, minor, small-towner, lowling, rookie numbers, streetling, do-little, more...

Opposite:
big time, major, significant, substantial

Phrases:
Small Time Crooks, small period of time, small amount of time, small time frame, a small time, more...



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