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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
  2. Sparrow criterion
  3. Sparrow criterions
  4. sparrow dominoes
  5. sparrow fart
  6. sparrow grass
  7. sparrow hawk
  8. sparrow hawks
  9. sparrow vetch
  10. sparrow's fart
  11. Sparrow's resolution limit

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