noun
1. a young person of either sex
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she writes books for children
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they're just kids
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`tiddler' is a British term for youngster
• Syn:
• Hypernyms: ↑juvenile, ↑juvenile person
• Hyponyms:
↑bairn, ↑buster, ↑changeling, ↑child prodigy, ↑infant prodigy, ↑wonder child, ↑foster-child, ↑foster child, ↑fosterling, ↑imp, ↑scamp, ↑monkey, ↑rascal, ↑rapscallion, ↑scalawag, ↑scallywag, ↑kiddy, ↑orphan, ↑peanut, ↑pickaninny, ↑piccaninny, ↑picaninny, ↑poster child, ↑preschooler, ↑kindergartner, ↑kindergartener, ↑silly, ↑sprog, ↑toddler, ↑yearling, ↑tot, ↑bambino, ↑urchin, ↑waif, ↑street child
• Part Meronyms: ↑child's body
2. someone who is small and insignificant
• Syn: ↑pip-squeak, ↑squirt
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—small-fry, adj.
1. children: a treat for the small fry.
2. unimportant persons or objects: Her parties were closed to the small fry.
3. small or young fish.
[1895-1900]
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small fry
1. Small things collectively, people or things of little importance
2. Children
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Main Entry: ↑fry
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small fry noun
1. A small person
2. An unimportant or insignificant person (or people)
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Main Entry: ↑small
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people or things that are not important
Thesaurus: unimportant person or peoplesynonym
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small fry,
1. babies or children; small or young creatures: »
Small fry and their mothers may share similar creative art experiences at the People's Art Center (New York Times).
2. small fish.
3. Figurative. people or things having little importance: »
The forest giants among the trees do not kill the small fry under them (Scientific American).
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plural n. young fish, animals, or children
■ insignificant people or things
high-ranking officials escaped prosecution while numerous small fry were imprisoned
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noun, pl ⋯ fries
informal
1 US
1 a [count] : a child
— usually singular
I remember going to the beach when I was just a small fry.
fun activities for the small fry
2 [noncount] : people or things that are not important
Big businesses are not concerned with the small fry.
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people or things that are considered unimportant compared to sb/sth else
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That's small fry to her.
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People like us are small fry to such a large business.
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small frysee fry n.1 4.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.