small fry
1. a young person of either sex - she writes books for children - they're just kids - 'tiddler' is a British term for youngster • Syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling • Derivationally related forms: childly (for: child), childhood (for: child) • Hypernyms: juvenile, juvenile person • Hyponyms: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, kiddy, orphan, peanut, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny, poster child, preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener, silly, sprog, toddler, yearling, tot, bambino, urchin, waif, street child • Part Meronyms: child's body 2. someone who is small and insignificant • Syn: pip-squeak, squirt • Hypernyms: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity
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