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small fry::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
| Type of | juvenile person, juvenile |
| Has types | buster, changeling, child prodigy, yearling, bambino, tot, urchin, waif, wonder child, bairn, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, infant prodigy, kiddie, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, street child, toddler |
Examples of small fry
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Some commentators have recently taken to blaming the small fry for our troubles.
From the signonsandiego.com
With tighter credit markets for the small fry, most are hungry if not desperate.
From the usatoday.com
Add the shallots or small onions and fry until they are nicely browned all over.
From the thisiskent.co.uk
Even so, it would be small fry against its rival Costa Coffee, which has 1,480.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Maybe no major players will jump at the chance to work with small-fry businesses.
From the techcrunch.com
Indeed, for Sharm el-Sheikh a couple of sharks may still be considered small fry.
From the time.com
It's not just small fry that are having trouble launching short-code services.
From the businessweek.com
Salim has made himself out to be small fry in the search for bin Laden associates.
From the time.com
Getting small fry to confess the details may be punishment enough for many of them.
From the economist.com
