What does "brat" mean?
Brat: A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.
Additional senses
- 2.A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.
- 3.The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
- 4.A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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