Noun: sprat
| Singular | sprat |
| Plural | sprat; sprats |
Sample Sentences
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The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence. [1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 90:]
Nouns inflected like sprat
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout. See: Middle English Nouns '
sprotte', Old English Nouns '
sprot', German Nouns '
Sprotte', Dutch Nouns '
sprot'.
Verbs referencing "sprat"
Italian Nouns
spratto.