Sure, it was George's plan, that one big score every small-timer dreams of. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze]
A small-timer up to now, the money-hungry Clay may be in over his head, and unfortunately, his crew begins to sense it. From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: Classic "Under The Radar" Gangster Movies] Reference
The agency was thus another profit center for Ike, but running it personally gave him the professional aura of a small-timer. From Wordnik.com. [I Tina]
'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. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
Malik, who was a relatively small-timer, went into hiding when the original Skull returned, on the theory that the first guy wouldn't take kindly to the plagiarism. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
And as best I can tell, he is either behaving exactly the way a small-timer should when big, dangerous information drops in his lap, or else he is one of the best actors I have ever met. From Wordnik.com. [Roger MacBride]
When you are that smart and that energetic my favorite Milken story is that of the ambitious small-timer who after months of pleading finally got an appointment with Milken at 5:30 am Sunday, only to have Milken call back to say that he just realized that was the Sunday you set the clocks back an hour at the end of Daylight Savings Time, so could they reschedule for 4:30 am?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-09] Reference
But after 40 years as a music promoter and dj, Pervis Spann is still Chicago's biggest small-timer. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Ambitious small-timer INQ will have two more handsets for their lineup by Christmas '09, one focusing on the Twitter experience. From Wordnik.com. [IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis] Reference
Ko is a likeable character, a slightly neurotic small-timer who dreams of making something big out of his dull life as a real-estate salesman. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times] Reference
What the guy who co-created Wurdle may be the last word where Gizmodo is concerned, but I wouldn't personally say the small-timer can speak for the whole industry. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
Surrounded by his thuggish courtiers, César curtly summons bewildered small-timer Malik and informs him that he must kill this switch, or be killed himself by César's lieutenants. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
What actually seems to happen at events like this is that, if you're a small-timer especially, most of the big stars either go through another entrance or walk right by you at warp speed. From Wordnik.com. [Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog] Reference
When anybody -- a big player like the United States government or a small-timer like me -- speaks out against the profit-making machine of a corporation, that corporation is ready to pounce. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
Tatum's Shawn MacArthur falls in with small-timer Harvey (Terrence Howard), a ticket scalper and leader of a crew of pickpockets and con men who sees "the white boy, the college boy" as a draw in New York's illegal, bare-knuckle brawl circuit. From Wordnik.com. [dispatch.com: RSS] Reference
Tatum's Shawn MacArthur falls in with small-timer Harvey (Terrence Howard, quite good), a ticket scalper and leader of a crew of pickpockets and con men who sees "the white boy, the college boy" as a draw in New York's illegal bare-knuckle brawl circuit. From Wordnik.com. [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference
It was the most galling twist of all, I think, that as my father's own life was being ruined, he had to watch as Nixon's front of competence was stripped away by his enemies, until he looked like nothing more than another inept small-timer who'd gotten in too deep. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
When you are that smart and that energetic (my favorite Milken story is that of the ambitious small-timer who after months of pleading finally got an appointment with Milken at 5: 30 am Sunday, only to have Milken call back to say that he just realized that was the Sunday you set the clocks back an hour at the end of Daylight Savings Time, so could they reschedule for 4: 30 am?), you have to hold yourself to higher ethical standards than those of ordinary Joes. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Milken and Ron Chernow] Reference
Laugh-starved audiences also raved about Christopher Guest’s For Your Consideration,and again, I dissent: This is by far Guest’s weakest, smallest,pettiest film, an often funny but remorselessly goofy andsketch-derived burlesque of awards-season hysteria, viewed through thelens of Guest’s favorite target, the delusional small-timer. From Wordnik.com. [On the Scene at Toronto: Forest Whitaker, Will Ferrell, and Christopher Guest | EW.com] Reference
He just wasn't a small-timer. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
"He was a local small-timer, " Rebus said. From Wordnik.com. [Resurrection Men]
Tok Guru is no small-timer in political games. From Wordnik.com. [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference
56kbps of bandwidth to a 'small-timer', which is what companies like Comcast want to do. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Whutta small-timer!. From Wordnik.com. [teh often-overlooked - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
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