dan|di|prat

dan|di|prat
dan|di|prat «DAN dee prat», noun.
1. a small English coin worth three halfpence, used in the 1500's.
2. a child; urchin.
3. an insignificant person; whipper-snapper.
4. Obsolete or Archaic. a dwarf; pygmy. Also, dandyprat.
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