brainchild

or brain-child, brain child

[ breyn-chahyld ]
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noun,plural brain·chil·dren.
  1. a product of one's creative work or thought.

Origin of brainchild

1
First recorded in 1880–85; brain + child

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British Dictionary definitions for brainchild

brainchild

/ (ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld) /


nounplural -children
  1. informal an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention

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