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spoggy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspɒɡi/

Meanings

1. (Australia) A sparrow.
   • A spoggy's nest and (this one's a bit hazy) a piece of cotton wool! 1991, Span: Journal of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, number 31, Wollongong: University of Wollongong, page 96:
   • Blue wrens and spoggies had been nibbling on the food they had left outside. 2011, K. J. Cherry, A Piece of My Heart, →ISBN, page 68:
   • When the spoggy flew in at the window and thumped against the pane, Father couldn't touch it. 1978, Barbara Hanrahan, Where the Queens all Strayed, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 49:

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