sprogletn.
/ˈsprɒɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈsprɑɡlᵻt/ Chiefly British (colloquial and humorous).
A baby or small child. Cf. sprog n. 2.
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childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1987 Canberra Times 27 Apr. (TV Guide) 2/2 The succession of..so-obviously-staged demonstrations (on how to bath baby, etc.) was enough to send even the most fractious sproglet into a deep sleep.
1992 TV Quick 19 Dec. (Central Region ed.) 89/3 A very intelligent..cartoon feature with more appeal to older children and adults than tiny little sproglets.
2001 Mirror (Nexis) 24 Feb. (Features section) The jumpers..make great gifts for friends expecting a sproglet or even your own brood.
2016 K. Colins Destination Chile iii. 26 What with you popping out sproglets and me..about to get engaged.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1987