Green’s Dictionary of Slang

jack sprat n.2

[rhy. sl.]

1. fat (on meat).

[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.

2. a brat, an irritating small child.

[US]A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks.
[US]Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.
[UK]J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.