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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

"Waiter," says sum hungry Gent, "bring me sum more Whitebait," and I takes him sum more Sprats, and he is quite content!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892 by Various

You remember Mrs. Opie's 'White Lies' and the 'Potted Sprats?'

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane

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