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They are Jack Sprats opting to stay lean; they appear better able to handle stress and remain positive; and the women have often given birth late, after the age of 35.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2011

Fifty years ago the King-Emperor was a small and mischievous midshipman, known as "Sprats"* to the ship's company aboard Her Majesty's Ironclad Bac chante.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baby Herrings and baby Sprats are caught in great quantity, and sold under the name of "Whitebait."

From Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. by Smith, R. Cadwallader

And in a subsequent passage he says— Sprats, tunny fish, and snails, and periwinkles.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

These Fish are soft, tender, and oily, and much better than Sprats to make any imitation of Anchovies from.

From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Bradley, Richard