Meaning & use
Sprogs
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Children, especially young ones, or new military recruits (British and Australian informal slang).
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They've got three sprogs at home now, all under the age of six.
The sergeant barely looked up as another batch of sprogs arrived at the barracks.
A note on using this word
Sprog is chiefly British and Australian slang, used affectionately for young children and, in older military slang, for a newly enlisted recruit.
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