sparrowfart

sparrowfart
Noun. Dawn, morning break. Cf. 'crack of sparrow's fart'.

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • sparrowfart — n dawn. A joky euphemism inspired by cock crow . The phrase became obso lete in Britain in the 1930s but remained in use in Australia, and was revived in Britain in the late 1960s by the cartoon strip The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, published… …   Contemporary slang

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