sprog
noun/sprɒɡ/
/sprɑːɡ/
(British English, informal, humorous)- a child or babyWord Origin1940s (originally services' slang referring to a military recruit or trainee): perhaps from obsolete sprag ‘lively young man’, of unknown origin.
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