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/spɹæt/ · noun
Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae..
The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
[…] spratting the land. This treatment is supplemented by about half a ton of artificial manure, largely made up of a mixture of superphosphate and some nitrogenous manure.
Use sprat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sprat means Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae..
Common synonyms include brisling, clupea sprattus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
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