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throwing a sprat to catch a mackerel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing a sprat -to -catch a -mack-er-el
IPA
54
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
7
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

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What does throwing a sprat to catch a mackerel mean?
present participle and gerund of throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

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