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Definition of Jack Sprat from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Jack Sprat

 
/ˌdʒæk ˈspræt/
 
/ˌdʒæk ˈspræt/
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  1. a traditional nursery rhyme. The words are: Jack Sprat would eat no fat,His wife would eat no lean.And so between the two of themThey licked the platter clean.
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