small potatoes

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Informal.

a person or thing of little significance, importance, or value: His salary was small potatoes for an executive of his ability.

Origin of small potatoes

First recorded in 1825–35

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Related Words for small potatoes

fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, memorabilia, minutia, minutiae, nonsense, trifle, triviality

British Dictionary definitions for small potatoes

small potatoes

noun (functioning as singular or plural)

informal, mainly US and Canadian someone or something of little significance or value, esp a small amount of money

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