Brain–child
a product of one’s creative work or thought.
Historical Examples
Joan of the Journal Helen Diehl Olds
The Master Mystery Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Various
noun (pl) -children
(informal) an idea or plan produced by creative thought; invention
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