small fry

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noun,plural small fry for 3; small fry or small fries for 1, 2.
  1. a child: Here's a treat for the small fry.He's a small fry with a big personality.

  2. an unimportant person or object: Her fancy parties were closed to the small fry.

  1. a small or young fish.

Origin of small fry

1
First recorded in1895–1900; fry2

Other words from small fry

  • small-fry, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for small fry

small fry

pl n
  1. people or things regarded as unimportant

  2. young children

  1. young or small fishes

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Other Idioms and Phrases with small fry

small fry

Young children, as in This show is not suitable for small fry.

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