Meanings
nouncock-sparrow (plural cock-sparrows)
plural cock-sparrows · alternative cock sparrow · alternative cocksparrow
- A male sparrow.
- A quarrelsome, cocky person
Shelley was a young fool; so are these cocksparrow revolutionaries.
1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque
Translations
Bulgarian врабец
- врабец (vrabec)a male sparrow
French moineau mâle
- moineau mâlea male sparrow
Romanian vrăbioi
- vrăbioia male sparrow
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APA
cock-sparrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cock-sparrow
MLA
“cock-sparrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cock-sparrow. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cock-sparrow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cock-sparrow.
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