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Fry

noun

1.

English painter and art critic (1866-1934). Synonyms: Roger Eliot Fry, Roger Fry.

2.

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907). Synonym: Christopher Fry.

3.

A young person of either sex. Synonyms: child, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster. "They're just kids" , "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

verb

(past & past part. fried; pres. part. frying)

1.

Be excessively hot.

2.

Cook on a hot surface using fat.

3.

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair. Synonym: electrocute.

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"Fry" Quotes from Famous Books

... as far as the intention goes; but all such people want a head over them. They know nothing whatever about system. By the way, can't she fry her bacon without burning it? This is done ...

— A Red Wallflower • Susan Warner

... We must eat her heart out... We'll take off her head, cut her heart out, and fry her liver!" —With the first murders the appetite for blood has been awakened; the women from Paris say that "they have brought tubs to carry away the stumps of the Royal Guards," and at these words others ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) - The French Revolution, Volume 1 (of 3) • Hippolyte A. Taine

... and its author was shortly afterwards appointed lieutenant-colonel of a Virginian regiment, Colonel Fry commanding. Now began that long experience of human stupidity and inefficiency with which Washington was destined to struggle through all the years of his military career, suffering from them, and triumphing in spite of them to a degree unequaled by any other ...

— George Washington, Vol. I • Henry Cabot Lodge

... biscuit in her hand. "This is Hudson Bay hard tack, the stand-by of all western people—Hudson Bay freighters and cowboys, old timers and tenderfeet alike swear by it. See, you moisten it slightly in water, fry it in boiling fat, sugar it and keep hot till served. Thus Hudson Bay hard tack ...

— The Major • Ralph Connor

... the French and Indian War that lasted seven years. Washington now encamped at Great Meadows where he dug rude trenches, which he called Fort Necessity. Supplies of food and ammunition were slow in reaching him. He had been reenforced with troops from the command of Colonel Fry, who had died on the way, and Washington was now made commander of the joint forces of about three ...

— George Washington • Calista McCabe Courtenay

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