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Brewer's: Sprat
To bait with a sprat to catch a mackerel. To give a small thing under the hope of getting something much more valuable. The French say, “A pea for a bean.” (See Garvies.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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