spadger

n. 麻雀

词形变化

spadgers 复数 spadgers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sparrow.

    非正式 方言
  2. 2.

    A boy.

    非正式

词源

Originally British dialect (1850s), from spadge (fronted variant of northern dialect spag) + -er. The northern dialect term spag is a derhoticised form of Scots spurg (“sparrow”), from spur (from Old Norse spǫrr (“sparrow”), suffixless cognate of Old English spearwa) + diminutive suffix -ock, with loss of vowel and voicing of -k to -g after r.

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