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sprog

sprog |sprɒg |Brit. informal, humorous ▶noun 1 a child. 2 a military recruit or trainee. ▶verb ( sprogs, sprogging, sprogged ) [ no obj. ] have a baby. ORIGIN 1940s (originally services' slang ): perhaps from obsolete sprag ‘lively young man ’, of unknown origin.

 

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sprog

sprog |sprɒg |Brit. informal, humorous ▶noun 1 a child. 2 a military recruit or trainee. ▶verb ( sprogs, sprogging, sprogged ) [ no obj. ] have a baby. ORIGIN 1940s (originally services' slang ): perhaps from obsolete sprag ‘lively young man ’, of unknown origin.