brainchild

or brain-child, brain child

[ breyn-chahyld ]
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noun,plural brain·chil·dren.
  1. a product of one's creative work or thought.

Origin of brainchild

1
First recorded in 1880–85; brain + child

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How to use brainchild in a sentence

  • The other day I picked up a newspaper and found my latest brain-child advertised as 'the best fall novel Magee ever wrote'.

    Seven Keys to Baldpate | Earl Derr Biggers
  • "If only—" I truly believe that for a moment he half desired to see his brain-child triumph.

  • Maybe because they were my brain-child, or maybe because lately they were the only human company in which I could relax.

    Question of Comfort | Les Collins
  • Balcom entered the library just as Davis was about to leave, hugging close to him his brain child.

    The Master Mystery | Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
  • How does your brain child look to you in black and white, Tim?

    Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds

British Dictionary definitions for brainchild

brainchild

/ (ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld) /


nounplural -children
  1. informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention

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