Usually means: Small, common bird; widespread species.
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  1. sparrow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sparrow: Merriam-Webster
  3. sparrow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sparrow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sparrow: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sparrow: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sparrow, sparrow: Wordnik
  8. sparrow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Sparrow, sparrow: Wiktionary
  10. sparrow: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sparrow: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sparrow: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Sparrow, sparrow: Dictionary.com
  14. sparrow: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sparrow: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Sparrow: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sparrow: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sparrow: Rhymezone
  20. Sparrow: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sparrow: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sparrow: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sparrow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sparrow: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. sparrow: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

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  1. sparrow: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. sparrow: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SPARROW: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sparrow: Easton Bible
  2. Sparrow: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sparrow: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. sparrow: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sparrowlike as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
noun:  A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
noun:  A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
noun:  Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
noun:  (UK, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person.
noun:  A surname.

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