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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
2
Scots
2.1
Alternative forms
2.2
Noun
2.2.1
References
English
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Etymology
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Apparently an alteration of
sprug
,
spurg
.
Noun
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spug
(
plural
spugs
)
(
chiefly
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
England
regional
)
A
sparrow
.
[from 19th c.]
2017
,
Benjamin Myers
,
The Gallows Pole
, Bloomsbury, published
2019
, page
178
:
Birds on the ground. Birds of different varieties. Crows and gulls and
spugs
.
Scots
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Alternative forms
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sparra
spur
spuggie
speug
Noun
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spug
(
plural
spugs
)
sparrow
References
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“
spug
” in the
Dictionary of the Scots Language
, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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