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Word entry · 7 letters

sparrow

Best crossword clue

"Small brown bird"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈspæɹəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted aoprrswStarts with SEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. small brownish European songbird

Word origin

From Middle English sparwe, sparowe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”).

Used in a sentence

  • Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other.
  • In a poem by Sappho, Aphrodite is represented as riding in a car drawn by sparrows.
  • cockney sparrow

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