Definition of a small fry

small fry

noun

• something or someone unimportant.

  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• a small person.

                                           
  
  Citation from "Sally Teel", Sons of Tucson (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 12 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 02 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'fry':
a few fries short of a happy meal	Definitions include: "not all there".
bag fries	Definitions include: when French fries are in a container that is in a bag, those French fries that fall out of the container and settle at the bottom of the bag.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
curly fries	Definitions include: Pubic Hairs.
fish fry	Definitions include: a party with far more females than males.
french fry	Definitions include: a french fry is a penis or dick. ex. he has a big french fry. ex. you aint got no french fry
fried	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").
fried-out	Definitions include: non-functioning or barely-functioning.
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
lost fries	Definitions include: when French fries are in a container that is in a bag, those French fries that fall out of the container and settle at the bottom of the bag.
one fry short of a Happy Meal	Definitions include: crazy.
one fry shy of a Happy Meal	Definitions include: unstable, strange; not right in the head.
perma-fried	Definitions include: to appear as if permanently under the influence of drugs, even when sober.
Other terms relating to 'small':
d*ck smalls	Definitions include: a small penis.
it's a small world.	Definitions include: said when you see someone in an unexpected place.
small beer	Definitions include: a trifling matter.
small-cap	Definitions include: From Wall Street, as in small-capitalization.
small kine	Definitions include: a little bit; not very much.
small patato	Definitions include: small figure in chinese
small potatoes	Definitions include: something insignificant.
small print, the	Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement.
small talk	Definitions include: discussion about non-sensitive topics in a social setting.
SOHO	Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office".
sufficiently small	Definitions include: used for commentary on something that has been overstated.
suitably small	Definitions include: used for commentary on something that has been overstated.

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