spuggy

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From spug +‎ -y.

Noun[edit]

spuggy (plural spuggies)

  1. (Geordie, Teesside, Scotland) A sparrow. [from 19th c.]

References[edit]

  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [1]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
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