Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To manure (land) with sprats (the fish).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae. · Any of various similar fish of other genera. · Anything petty or insignificant. · A sixpence.
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
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