dial. or colloq. [Fanciful alteration of SPARROW.] A sparrow. Also attrib.
1862. C. C. Robinson, Dial. Leeds, 417. ‘Spadger-pie’ is an article of diet occasionally.
1892. [D. Jordan] (‘Son of Marshes’), Within Hour of Lond., 59. The sparrow, or ‘spadger,’ is a friend to the farmer.
