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spadgers

spadgers is the plural of spadger.

Meaning of spadger

Noun

spadger (plural spadgers)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) A sparrow.
    • Genuine cockney ‘spadgers’ have appeared at Bulli. The little hoppers are spreading rapidly all over the colony.1884 September 24, The Newcastle Morning Herald, Newcastle, NSW, page 3, column 7
  2. (colloquial) A boy.
    • He laughs and says, “My, you sure talk brash, for such a little spadger.”1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug

Words that rhyme with spadgers

Questions about spadgers

What is spadgers the plural of?
Spadgers is the plural of spadger.

Words near spadgers in the dictionary

  1. spadewise
  2. spadework
  3. spadeworker
  4. spadeworkers
  5. spadger
  6. spadgers
  7. spadia
  8. spadias
  9. spadiceous
  10. spadices
  11. spadicifloral

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