What is the difference between sparra and sparrow?
sparra | sparrow |
(London, chiefly, Cockney) A sparrow.
* 2008 , Jon Wise,
* 1859 , Samuel Carter Hall, The book of the Thames: from its rise to its fall ,
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 .
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* 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
Sparrow is a synonym of sparra.
As nouns the difference between sparra and sparrow
is that sparra 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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(en noun)Double trouble as soap won't wash, People
- Jason dons a screwed-up accent that Madonna would be proud of. While Martine, loved for being a cockney sparra , unfortunately goes posh.
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- "Ah ! ah ! the fun was, one of the company said it was as like a sparra' as one pea is like another; how I did laugh to myself, for she grew quite offended like, and insisted that this was a light brown bird, but that a '''sparra was next to ''black "
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(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 .
