Sparrow-fart

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A time very early in the day; dawn. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang, uncountable

    "“I was sick of working from sparrow fart as station cook and general dogs-body.”"

  2. 2
    A person or thing of no consequence. countable

    "[…] Miss This Miss That Miss Theother lot of sparrowfarts skitting around talking about politics they know as much about as my backside […]"

Synonyms

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blatherskitebreakcarrioncockcrowcrack of dawncrumb

Example

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"“I was sick of working from sparrow fart as station cook and general dogs-body.”"

Etymology

From sparrow + fart. In the dawn sense, apparently UK dialect (Yorkshire) from ante 1828.

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