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sprat Definition


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sprat
noun
    1. A small edible fish of the herring family.
Idiom: a sprat to catch a mackerel
    An enticement.
    A small price to pay in the short-term to obtain a long-term gain.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sprot.



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