brainchild

or brain-child, brain child

[ breyn-chahyld ]

/ ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld /

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noun, plural brain·chil·dren.

a product of one's creative work or thought.

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Origin of brainchild

First recorded in 1880–85; brain + child

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How to use brainchild in a sentence

Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.
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It needs to be said: bigotry in the name of religion is still bigotry; child abuse wrapped in a Bible verse is still child abuse.
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At least one child in CAR has been killed or gravely injured per day, and 10,000 have been recruited into militant groups.
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
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He shrank, as from some one who inflicted pain as a child, unwittingly, to see what the effect would be.
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This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
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All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
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British Dictionary definitions for brainchild

brainchild

/ (ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld) /

noun plural -children

informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention

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brainchild

or brain-child, brain child

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British Dictionary definitions for brainchild