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brat 1

 (brăt)
n.
1. A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
2. A child of a career military person.
[Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.]
brat′tish adj.
brat′tish·ness n.

brat 2

 (brăt)
n.
A bratwurst.
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Adj.1.brattish - (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly
bratty
impolite - not polite
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