The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dandiprat \Dan"di*prat\, n. [Dandy + brat child.]
A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. ``A dandiprat hop-thumb.''
--Stanyhurst.-
A small coin.
Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats.
--Camden.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) An English coin worth three half-pence 2 (context dated English) An insignificant or contemptible person
Usage examples of "dandiprat".
Lilliputian, a chit, a fingerling, a pigwidgeon, a mite, a dandiprat, a micromorph, an homunculus, a dapperling, a small fry or someone with bad posture, weighted down with the cares of the world?
Bennett a few days out, when it looked like the dandiprat might have more in mind than English lessons.
Lilliputian, a chit, a fingerling, a pigwidgeon, a mite, a dandiprat, a micromorph, an homunculus, a dapperling, a small fry or someone with bad posture, weighted down with the cares of the world?