sprat

[US]/spræt/
[UK]/spræt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. small fish of the herring family; a puny person, a small fry.

Phrases & Collocations

sprat sandwich

Example Sentences

The competition and prize of a free car is a sprat to catch a mackerel. The publicity will mean good business for months to come.

That sprat should come to barkeeper 20 bottles of beer, receive to be drunk readily with nothing left, the eye was not blinked.

Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or other sprats (Sprattus sprattus), frozen F01

Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), fresh or chilled F01

Real-world Examples

Now that he realized that Vesper had only been a sprat to catch a mackerel the whole picture became clear.

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

Mr Smith (a professor at the University of Notre Dame) and his co-writers have been following the emerging adults on whom this study is based since 2001, when they were just young sprats.

Source: The Economist - Arts

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