Sparrow

Definitions

1. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
2. A surname.
3. A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
4. A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
5. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
6. A quick-witted, lively person.
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Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“I take⟳ it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow.”

“Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.”

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