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sparrow-grass

sparrow-grass is the alternative form of sparrowgrass.

Meaning of sparrowgrass

Noun

sparrowgrass (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) Eggcorn of sparagus (“asparagus”) .
    • I ſhall deſcribe it thus, it comes up with ſeverall ſprouts like Sparrowgraſs, […]1652, Walter Blith, “Onely treats of Hops Plantation, and how Land is Improved thereby”, in The English Improver Improved, or the Survey of Husbandry Surveyed, London: John Wright, page [237]

Questions about sparrow-grass

What is sparrow-grass the alternative form of?
Sparrow-grass is the alternative form of sparrowgrass.

Words near sparrow-grass in the dictionary

  1. sparrow hawks
  2. sparrow vetch
  3. sparrow's fart
  4. Sparrow's resolution limit
  5. sparrow-fart
  6. sparrow-grass
  7. sparrow-hawk
  8. sparrow-hawks
  9. sparrow-lark
  10. sparrow-larks
  11. sparrow-weaver

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