sprog
Britishnoun
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a child; baby
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(esp in RAF) a recruit
Example Sentences
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The pleasure people get from debating the name of the latest royal will be in no way diminished if the little sprog doesn’t stand to inherit a residual income from the Duchy of Cornwall.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2019
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
"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
Which must make her husband and sprog feel just peachy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2012
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