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spraint

/ spreɪnt /

noun

  1. often plural a piece of otter's dung
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spraint1

C15 sprayntes (pl), from Medieval French espraintes otter's dung, from espreindre to press out: compare express
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Example Sentences

I razer zink I am,” returned the philosopher with a faint smile; “mine onkle, I zink, is spraint.

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