spuggy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spug +‎ -y.

Noun

spuggy (plural spuggies)

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

References
  • 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,
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
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