# small fry

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One or more small or immature fish.
2. One or more children.
3. One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

## Etymology
From small + fry, first use appears c. 1577, in the publications of John Dee.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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