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brain⋅child

[breyn-chahyld]
–noun, plural -chil⋅dren.
a product of one's creative work or thought.
Also, brain-child, brain child.


Origin:
1880–85; brain + child
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brainchild

  1. n.
    someone's good idea viewed as an offspring of the brain. : Is this your brainchild? It won't work.
  2. n.
    a person who has good ideas. : The boss's new brainchild seems to have gone dry.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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