Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable, UK, Australia, slang A time very early in the day; dawn.
- n. countable A person or thing of no consequence.
Etymologies
- From sparrow + fart. In the dawn sense, apparently UK dialect (Yorkshire) from ante 1828. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Too giddy to set about the Rev before the paper-chase at sparrow-fart.”
“The ice in Rowena's eyes was so thin a sparrow-fart elf couldn't have stepped on it without falling in.”
“So be here at sparrow-fart or you'll miss all the fun!”
“Noted compassionate, progressive, politically-correct sparrow-fart Dainty Dawg channels Vlad the Impaler ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sparrow-fart’.
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 503 more...
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Times of Day
A cycle we should know by name
dawn, sunrise, daw, sparrow-fart, moonrise, daybreak, crepuscular, false dawn, greking, night, dusk, evenfall and 17 more...
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S is for sionnach
shunamitism, snipsnapsnorum, skookum, scabilonian, sacheverell, sandapile, saulie, schnappszahl, sophrosyne, snup, snurl, snurt and 110 more...
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Special Beasts
I'm looking for compounds or phrases where the character of an animal is essential to the meaning, yet the term is usable in general conversation.
scapegoat, bull market, sacred cow, bear market, hangdog, cat o' nine tails, clothes horse, mousey, donkey drop, black sheep, horseplay, ducks and drakes and 94 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3248 more...
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via Poplollies & Bellibones
It's that time again!
acclumsid, acersecomic, adam's ale, afterling, assything, bawdreaming, bedswerver, spousebreak, beek, bellibone, bellytimber, bubble-bow and 86 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sparrow-fart.
ruzuzu If it weren't for Twitter and Flickr, I'd have assumed bilby just made this up. Jul 31, 2011
bilby Australian slang - dawn; early in the morning. Dec 23, 2007