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small fry

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small fry
n.
1. Small children.
2. Young or small fish.
3. Persons or things regarded as unimportant.

small fry
pl n
1. people or things regarded as unimportant
2. young children
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) young or small fishes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.small fry - someone who is small and insignificant
nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher - a person of no influence
2.small frysmall fry - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
child's body - the body of a human child
juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
bairn - a child: son or daughter
buster - a robust child
changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"
foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents
scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous
kiddy - a young child
orphan - a child who has lost both parents
peanut - a young child who is small for his age
picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"
kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
sprog - a child
bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child
urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
Translations
small fry n he is small fryè un pesce piccolo
they are small fry → sono dei pesci piccoli
small fry n he is small fryè un pesce piccolo
they are small fry → sono dei pesci piccoli


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But Diana and her small fry, the Echo Lodge people and the Allans, had stayed to help the two old ladies over the loneliness of the first evening; and they contrived to have a quietly pleasant little supper time, sitting long around the table and chatting over all the details of the day.
"Anyhow," said Uncle Roger, "that red silk dress will break the hearts of all the feminine small fry at the party.
All the nobility, and all the patriarchs and prophets - every last one of them - and all the archangels, and all the princes and governors and viceroys, were there, - and NO small fry - not a single one.
 
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