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bratchet|ˈbrætʃɪt|
Also in 6 bratchart, bratshard.
[Apparently the same word as brachet: cf. the application of whelp, cub, etc. to a child; but perhaps associated with brat n.2 as if a diminutive of that.]
1. = brachet.
2. A little brat, a child. (contemptuous or playful.)
a1600Montgomerie Flyting 284 That bratchart in ane busse vvas borne. 1832–53Whistle-binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. iii. 74, I..took the bratchet [Cupid] on my knee.
attrib.1821Scott Kenilw., To play child-keeper..to be plagued with a bratchet whelp. |
