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spadger.

A sparrow.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A sparrow.

    colloquial · dialectal
  2. A boy.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Originally British dialect (1850s), from spadge (fronted variant of northern dialect spag) + -er. The northern dialect term spag is a derhoticised form of Scots spurg (“sparrow”), from spur (from Old Norse spǫrr (“sparrow”), suffixless cognate of Old English spearwa) + diminutive suffix -ock, with loss of vowel and voicing of -k to -g after r.

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