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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fry. Children (a word of contempt). Get away, you young fry. It means properly a crowd of young fishes, and its application to children should be limited to those that obstruct your path, crowd about you, or stand in your way. (French, frai, spawn.) Nothing to fry with (French). Nothing to eat; nothing to live on. (See Wide-nostrils.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Mob; rabble, rabble rout; chaff, rout, horde, canaille; scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society; swinish multitude, foex populi; trash; profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus; vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail; small fry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FRY. |
| English words defined with "FRY.": Alevin ♦ Ery. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Meantime, I got better fish to fry. (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) Some people just shake'n bake, but I buy'n fry. (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman) We've got bigger fish to fry. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) Birds gotta fly, fish gotta fry. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) It looks like a chicken wing or a cheese fry. (Kicking and Screaming; writing credit: Noah Baumbach; Oliver Berkman) | |
Lyrics | Oh we will all fry together when we fry. (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) Yes, we will all fry together when we fry. (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Walter M. Fletcher] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott & Fry.. |  | [David Bruce] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott & Fry.. |
 | [William Crookes] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott & Fry.. |  | [Charles Creighton] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott and Fry.. |
 | J.B. Lawford, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S. / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott & Fry.. |  | [Sir William A. Lane] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Elliott & Fry.. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The fires started and supper was put on to boil or to fry. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | |
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| Language | Translations for "FRY."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Ich habe Wichtigeres zu tun. (I've other fish to fry.). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | y.fray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ".-f-r-y" | |
-1 letter: fry. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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