† suggen.
Obsolete.
The hedge sparrow.
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haysuggec1000
pinnockc1275
suggec1440
dunnock1483
Philipa1500
hedge sparrow1530
titlingc1550
dikesmowler1611
hedge-chat1821
hedge-accentora1825
shuffle-wing1829
chanter1831
Isaac1834
dicky1877
smoky1889
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 483/2 Sugge, bryd, curuca, linosa [read linofa].
a1500 Medulla Gram. Curuca, a sugge, a dumok [read dunok].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 278/1 Sugge a byrde.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Segge,..the hedge-sparrow. Devon.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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