brat

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  1. noun A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
  2. noun A child of a career military person.
  3. noun Bratwurst.

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  • I knew her for a brat, and probably as dangerous as her father. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 06 - June 2001
  • I just hate sounding like a whiny brat, which is really what I feel like. —  Life in Pink
  • Your inner brat is the part of you that procrastinates, leaves the dishes in the sink, doesn't put the clean laundry away … know him / her? —  Climb to the Stars
  • The former army brat is proud to call Waterloo region home after many years on the move. —  570News - All News Radio
  • Everyone had to slow down to get around this brat, and I tell you what, I had things to do and people to see. —  Think Progress
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  1. Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.

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  1. from Middle English bratt, a coarse cloak, from Old Northumbrian bratt, from Gaelic brat, a cloak, mantle, apron, rag, = Irish brat, a cloak, mantle, veil, bratog, a rag, = Welsh brat, a rag, pinafore.
  2. First in early modern English; perhaps a particular use of brat, a child's bib or apron, a rag, etc.: see brat.
  3. Cf. bret.
 

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