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small fry

noun as in nonentity

Strongest match

noun as in nonentity

Strongest match

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And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.

Big Perm worries that the lack of policing the “small fry” will lead to more crimes by “big fry.”

One cannot have an ecosystem with only “small fry” facing giants.

In the White House pecking order, Jones was a small fry, who wasn't exactly sitting in on cabinet meetings.

They are the small fry who follow in the wake of the big eaters in the ferocious hunts of the rivers.

The noise attracts the large fish, who think there is a shoal of the small fry about, and they jump at the bait and are caught.

Finally, the small fry of the Third Estate will be exiled to at least a hundred leagues from Paris.

You can imagine the wild joy of the small fry, who had, of course, never met Whistler.

A great family might have lived down a match of this sort, (I dont want to hurt your feelings,) but were such very small fry.

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On this page you'll find 483 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to small fry, such as: insignificant, minor, a notch under, bottom, bush, and bush-league.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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