See small fry on Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"english": "thing",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"word": "pikkujuttu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "menu fretin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "kleine Fische"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zako",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"word": "雑魚"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sítna ríba",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "си́тна ри́ба"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "błahostka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blotka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "méločʹ",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́лочь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mélkaja sóška",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́лкая со́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mélkaja rybjóška",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́лкая рыбёшка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "things or people of little importance",
"word": "Don Nadie"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"John Dee"
],
"word": "small fry"
}
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