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Noun
S:
(n)
Fry
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Roger Fry
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Roger Eliot Fry
(English painter and art critic (1866-1934))
S:
(n)
Fry
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Christopher Fry
(English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907))
S:
(n)
child
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kid
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youngster
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minor
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shaver
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nipper
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small fry
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tiddler
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tike
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tyke
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fry
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nestling
(a young person of either sex)
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
Verb
S:
(v)
fry
(be excessively hot)
"If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
S:
(v)
fry
(cook on a hot surface using fat)
"fry the pancakes"
S:
(v)
electrocute
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fry
(kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair)
"The serial killer was electrocuted"