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sparrowgrass

sparrowgrass noun: eggcorn of sparagus (“asparagus”) .

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]
    • I remember my lars’ customer, the very lars’ customer that ever I ’ad. He was a Mr. Moses Gluckstein, a city gent and very pleasant and fond of sparrowgrass and chokes, […]1907, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Epilogue”, in The War in the Air: […], London: George Bell and Sons, published 1908, →OCLC, page 384

Forms of sparrowgrass

alternative formsparrow grass
alternative formsparrow-grass

Origin of sparrowgrass

From sparrow + grass.

Questions about sparrowgrass

What does sparrowgrass mean?
Sparrowgrass means eggcorn of sparagus (“asparagus”) .
What part of speech is sparrowgrass?
Sparrowgrass is a noun.

Words near sparrowgrass in the dictionary

  1. sparrowcide
  2. sparrowcides
  3. sparrowdom
  4. sparrowfart
  5. sparrowfarts
  6. sparrowgrass
  7. sparrowhawk
  8. sparrowhawks
  9. sparrowish
  10. sparrowless
  11. sparrowlike

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