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spug

spug noun: a sparrow.

Noun

spug (plural spugs)

  1. (England, Ireland, Scotland, regional) A sparrow.
    • Birds on the ground. Birds of different varieties. Crows and gulls and spugs.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 178

Forms of spug

pluralspugs

Origin of spug

Apparently an alteration of sprug, spurg.

Words formed from spug

Questions about spug

What does spug mean?
Spug means a sparrow.
What part of speech is spug?
Spug is a noun.
What is the plural of spug?
The plural of spug is spugs.

Words near spug in the dictionary

  1. spued
  2. spueing
  3. spues
  4. spuesome
  5. Spuffy
  6. spug
  7. spuggie
  8. spuggies
  9. spuggy
  10. spugs
  11. SPUI

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