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  • noun Plural form of sparky.

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Examples

  • Wikipedia provides a fairly comprehensiveÂlist of these disciplines, such as aerospace engineering, structural engineering, sparkies electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

    A Modest Proposal (By a Somewhat Modest Engineer) 2009

  • We don't have this and yet there appears to be a lot of 'economic' hubub about grim looking terraced houses and pokey flat conversions: estate agents flog 'em, sparkies wire 'em, chippies chip 'em ... blah-de-blah and then go 'round clogging up our streets with white vans with drain pipes stuck on their roof-racks.

    Poltical Language ( Ask the Focus Group ) Newmania 2007

  • The plumbers and sparkies probably saw what a big house the old girl had, put in a rather grand design, and stuck an extra nought on the end of the estimate.

    We Are Not Amused: Royal Plumbers Get Bums' Rush 2007

  • The plumbers and sparkies probably saw what a big house the old girl had, put in a rather grand design, and stuck an extra nought on the end of the estimate.

    Archive 2007-11-18 2007

  • I have my concerns that it was one of the sparkies from The Director General or Earl of Chatham “doing a foreigner”..... or is that now a Politically Incorrect term?

    About Us 2006

  • Although West Australian resource sector workers are perceived as the best remunerated tradesmen, they are well behind the elite class of offshore sparkies.

    WA Business News - Latest News 2010

  • Fewer sparkies, plasterers and brickies come through the door.

    Mirror.co.uk - News 2010

  • Fewer sparkies, plasterers and brickies come through the door.

    Mirror.co.uk - News 2010

  • We have released some pretty sparkies just for this show, starting with the Gate choker, earrings and bracelets pictured above.

    Fashion World of SL 2010

  • Although West Australian resource sector workers are perceived as the best remunerated tradesmen, they are well behind the elite class of offshore sparkies.

    WA Business News - Latest News 2010

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