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sparra

sparra noun: a sparrow.

Noun

sparra (plural sparras)

  1. (Cockney, London) A sparrow.
    • Jason dons a screwed-up accent that Madonna would be proud of. While Martine, loved for being a cockney sparra, unfortunately goes posh.2008, Jon Wise, “Double trouble as soap won't wash”, in People
    • "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"1859, Samuel Carter Hall, The book of the Thames: from its rise to its fall, page 351

Forms of sparra

pluralsparras

Origin of sparra

Pronunciation spelling of sparrow, representing Cockney English.

Questions about sparra

What does sparra mean?
Sparra means a sparrow.
What part of speech is sparra?
Sparra is a noun.
What is the plural of sparra?
The plural of sparra is sparras.

Words near sparra in the dictionary

  1. sparmaking
  2. sparoid
  3. sparoids
  4. SPARQL
  5. sparr
  6. sparra
  7. sparras
  8. sparre
  9. sparred
  10. sparrer
  11. sparrers

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