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small-potatoes

small-potatoes is the alternative spelling of small potatoes.

Meaning of small potatoes

Noun

small potatoes pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
    • My paycheck is small potatoes compared to hers.

Questions about small-potatoes

What is small-potatoes the alternative spelling of?
Small-potatoes is the alternative spelling of small potatoes.

Words near small-potatoes in the dictionary

  1. small-l libertarians
  2. small-minded
  3. small-mindedly
  4. small-mindedness
  5. small-penis syndrome
  6. small-potatoes
  7. small-pox
  8. small-r republican
  9. small-r republicans
  10. small-reed
  11. small-reeds

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