Definition of Sprats

1. Noun. (plural of sprat) ¹

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Definition of Sprats

1. sprat [n] - See also: sprat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprats

sprained
spraining
sprains
sprains and strains
spraint
spraints
sprang
sprangle
sprangled
sprangles
sprangs
sprant
sprat
spratlike
spratmo
sprats (current term)
sprattle
sprattled
sprattles
sprattling
sprauncy
sprawl
sprawled
sprawler
sprawlers
sprawlier
sprawliest
sprawling
sprawlingly
sprawls

Literary usage of Sprats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopaedia of the Condition and by Henry Mayhew (1851)
"I'm on sprats now, you see, sir, and yon'd wonder, sometimes, to see how keen people looks to them when they're new. They're a blessing to the poor, ..."

2. The Herring: Its Natural History and National Importance by John Mitchell Mitchell (1864)
"FRENCH MODE OF CURING SARDINES (OR sprats) IN OIL. We now come to the second and more delicate mode of preparation, the curing the sprats in tin boxes with ..."

3. English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1857)
"Before a meagre family dinner was quite over, a dish of POTTED sprats was set before the lady of the house, who, expatiating on their excellence, ..."

4. The Sea-fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"... and Lulworth—Dorset and East Devon—-A Plea for Inshore Trawling—Decline of Exmouth Herrings—'sprats "and 'London sprats' at ..."

5. Scientific Tracts and Family Lyceum: Designed for Instruction and edited by Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith (1834)
"This law is observed to tha present day; and a large dish of sprats uniformly graces the table of the Civic Lord, at his inaugural feast. FOSSIL REPTILES. ..."

6. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... To make sprats taste like Anchovies. Salt them well, and let the salt drain from them. la twenty-four hours wipe them dry, but do not wash them. ..."

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