spug

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noun

A sparrow.

UncommonFirst used 19th c.Scrabble 7
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Meanings

nounspug (plural spugs)

plural spugs

  1. EnglandIrelandScotlandregionalA sparrow.First known use 19th c.

    Birds on the ground. Birds of different varieties. Crows and gulls and spugs.

    2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 178

Origin

Apparently an alteration of sprug, spurg.

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APA

spug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spug

MLA

“spug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spug. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spug,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spug.

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