Etymology

Spratling

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English sprakeling
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  1. Middle English · derived fromsprakeling“one with creaking legs”
  2. English todaySpratling

Nickname for an old or infirm man, from Middle English sprakeling (“one with creaking legs”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.