Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sparrow: still locally applied to the hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The hedge sparrow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect The
hedge sparrow .
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Examples
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Al tempo di Guido in Brettinoro anche i nobili aravano le terre; ma insorsero discordie fra essi, e sparve la innocenza di vita, e con essa la liberalità.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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