"Spratling" meaning in All languages combined

See Spratling on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Spratlings [plural]
Etymology: Nickname for an old or infirm man, from Middle English sprakeling (“one with creaking legs”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sprakeling||one with creaking legs}} Middle English sprakeling (“one with creaking legs”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Spratling (plural Spratlings)
  1. A surname from Middle English. Wikipedia link: Spratling Synonyms: Spratlin
    Sense id: en-Spratling-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Inflected forms

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