Prat(t)

Anthony Grant Granta at edgehill.ac.uk
Thu Aug 5 12:10:20 UTC 2004


ah, like the old sense of German praechtig then.

Anthony

>>> ahartley at d.umn.edu 04/08/2004 22:15:36 >>>
Prat(t) as an adj. meant 'cunning, astute' in Middle English. The
origin
of prat 'backside' (first recorded in the 16c.) is unknown.

Alan



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