sparra

See also: sparrà and spärra

English

Etymology

Eye dialect spelling of sparrow, representing Cockney English.

Noun

sparra (plural sparras)

  1. (London, chiefly Cockney) A sparrow.
    • 2008, Jon Wise, Double trouble as soap won't wash, People
      Jason dons a screwed-up accent that Madonna would be proud of. While Martine, loved for being a cockney sparra, unfortunately goes posh.
    • 1859, Samuel Carter Hall, The book of the Thames: from its rise to its fall, p. 351
      "Ah ! ah ! the fun was, one of the company said it was as like a sparra as one pea is like another; how I did laugh to myself, for she grew quite offended like, and insisted that this was a light brown bird, but that a sparra was next to black"

Anagrams

Scots

Alternative forms

Noun

sparra (plural sparras)

  1. sparrow

Swedish

Verb

sparra (present sparrar, preterite sparrade, supine sparrat, imperative sparra)

  1. To spar with someone (when training for boxing or martial arts).

Conjugation
Conjugation of sparra (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive sparra sparras
Present tense sparrar sparras
Past tense sparrade sparrades
Supine sparrat sparrats
Imperative sparra —
Present participle sparrande
Past participle sparrad
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.