small fry

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plural noun

children: a treat for the small fry.
unimportant persons or objects: Her parties were closed to the small fry.
small or young fish.

Origin of small fry

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM small fry

small-fry, adjective

Words nearby small fry

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Words related to small fry

minor, insignificant, petty, slight, inconsequential, lesser, unimportant, negligible, trivial, secondary, paltry, measly, tiny, frail, feeble, inferior, limited, light, narrow, lad

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British Dictionary definitions for small fry

small fry

pl n

people or things regarded as unimportant
young children
young or small fishes

Idioms and Phrases with small fry

small fry
1

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

2

Persons of little importance or influence, as in She wasn't about to invite the Washington small fry to the reception. Both usages allude to fry in the sense of “young or small fish.” [Late 1800s]