What is the difference between spadger and sparrow?
spadger | sparrow | Synonyms |
(UK, slang) A sparrow.
* 1961 , Margery Allingham, Three cases for Mr. Campion (page 82)
* (Roald Dahl), The Swan
The house sparrow, Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
(UK, chiefly, London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow .
* 2005 ,
* 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
Sparrow is a synonym of spadger.
As nouns the difference between spadger and sparrow
is that spadger is a sparrow while sparrow is the house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.As a proper noun Sparrow is
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Noun
(en noun)- The broadcasting blokes are twittering away like spadgers over there.
- 'If you think spadgers is easy,' the father said, 'go get yourself a jenny wren. Jenny wrens is 'alf the size of spadgers and they never sit still for one second. Get yourself a jenny wren before you start shootin' yer mouth off about 'ow clever you is.'
sparrow
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(wikipedia sparrow)Noun
(en noun)Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC
- Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
- I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .
