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What is the difference between spuggy and sparrow?

spuggy | sparrow |

Sparrow is a synonym of spuggy.



As nouns the difference between spuggy and sparrow

is that spuggy is 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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spuggy

English

Alternative forms

* spuggie

Noun

(spuggies)
  • sparrow

    • References

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    sparrow

    English

    (wikipedia sparrow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
    • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
  • * 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
    • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .

    Derived terms

    * sparrowhawk * house sparrow * (tree sparrow)

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * spadger, sparra, spuggy