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small fry

One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
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These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'small fry':

small fryOne or more children.
small fryOne or more small or immature fish.
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