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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sprag/spraɡ/

▶noun

1 a stout stick or bar inserted between the spokes of a wheel to act as a brake.

2 a prop in a coal mine.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

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