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单词 Jack Sprat
释义

Jack Sprat

English

Etymology

The name of a character in an old poem, who would eat no fat.

Noun

Jack Sprat (plural Jack Sprats)

  1. (informal) A small or skinny boy or man.
    • John Redford, The Play of Wit & Science
      Heard you ever such a counsel of such a Jack sprat?
    • 2009, Rupert Isaacson, The Horse Boy: A Father's Miraculous Journey to Heal His Son
      The other van pulled up behind us, its super-skinny driver, a Jack Sprat to the large guy driving our van, grinning widely as he cut the engine.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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