Usually means: Small, common bird; chirps loudly.
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  1. cock-sparrow: Wordnik
  2. cock-sparrow: Wiktionary
  3. cock-sparrow: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. cock-sparrow: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cock-sparrow)

▸ noun:  A male sparrow.
▸ noun:  A quarrelsome, cocky person

Similar:
cockbird, cockerel, sprig, cock-robin, sparra, russet sparrow, true sparrow, song sparrow, English sparrow, sparrowhawk, more...

Opposite:
dawn, sunrise, daybreak

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Similar:
cockbird, cockerel, sprig, cock-robin, sparra, russet sparrow, true sparrow, song sparrow, English sparrow, sparrowhawk, more...

Opposite:
dawn, sunrise, daybreak



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