sprog
Britishnoun
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a child; baby
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(esp in RAF) a recruit
Example Sentences
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Frankly, Blomkamp’s alternative pitch could not have turned out worse had he decided to bring Ripley back as a clone of her original self who ends up playing mum to a part-human, part-xenomorph horror sprog.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2018
The abolition from next year of some child benefits for the third sprog onwards has little economic rationale.
From Economist • Mar. 23, 2016
But I was always opinionated, and that’s not a good thing to be as a junior sprog at boarding school.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2015
"A ways", "gussied up", "sprog", "sharp cookie", "gobsmacked", "pinkie" – these words were just not at home in the discourse they were in.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013
Eders sprog er mer elevert end man skulde vente i disse vilde trakter.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
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