What is the meaning of DERBYSHIRE SPAR. Phrases containing DERBYSHIRE SPAR
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Noun. Bicycle. [Derbyshire use]
Mockingly of yourself or others. i.e. damn, i've pulled a cuntrill again. Like in the episode of the Simpsons where Homer saves the powerplant by accident and gets away with it luckily - only bad, in this case. Entered common use after use in a mis-spelt caption in a local newspaper, became South Yorkshire wide slang for 'screwing up'. Usage: "Oh, no! i've pulled a cuntrill!", "It's all gone cuntrill shaped!". Is now EXTREMELY popular through-out Sheffield and Derbyshire!, It was developed following reporting of the drunken antics of someone called Cantrill, were captured by a bewildered local newspaper photographer and the caption was rather humourously mis-spelled! (ed: would someone like to expand on this please?)
adj at oneÂ’s wits end; mad: IÂ’ve been trying to get this working all morning and itÂ’s driving me spare!
foolish ‘That guy is a real bright spark’
sparkles; spectacles
Noun. A person from Sheffield. Derogatory term, taken from the way they speak in Sheffield. [Yorks/Derbyshire use]
Noun. A useless or unwanted person. Usually heard in the expression 'like a spare prick at a wedding'.
Noun. Dawn, morning break. Cf. 'crack of sparrow's fart'.
at dawn ‘Gotta get up at a sparrow’s fart.’
Sailors traditionally received swallow tattoos before they went out to sea, because swallows always come home. Nowadays, one swallow, or a sparrow, means you've sailed 5,000 miles, and two means 10,000 miles. Also, two swallows, one on each hand means "these fists fly" ie. the sailor likes to fight. Swallows on the chest are meant to lift the soul to heaven if the sailor perishes.
Noun. Chewing gum. [Derbyshire use]
A condition of extreme annoyance usually associated with one's mother who might be reported to have "gone spare" at hearing of your latest attempt to bring shame and humiliation on the family, e.g. "My mam went spare when she heard I'd been nicked!
Adj. Full of food, sated with food, feeling one has overeaten. E.g."I had a five course meal and was too podged to walk." Cf. 'pogged'. [Derbyshire/Yorks/Notts use]
Same as "winnets" but justified (according to Geoff Hughes) since there is a "Winnats Pass" in Castleton, Derbyshire, UK which is the home of several winnat infested sheep - and who am I to argue?? However, Sean Winklereed tells me this is also common in NE USA and CAN!! So there ya go.
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
At anytime, when things start to get crazy, the sluice is released. It could be drinking, the formulation of a cool plan, or just general excitement. Shouts of 'RELEASE THE SLUICE' is often accompanied by the thrusting of an open palm, into the ribs of your conspiritors, your elbow tight against your hibs/ribs. tidy la..., Only used by desperados.
nickname for a bald person
Vrb phrs. Be annoyed, angry. [Merseyside use]
This is used in want ads. Meaning big beautiful woman.
Rust−bucket is slang for a dilapidated rusty old car.
Be Back Later.
To defecate
Strong desire for sexual; lust.
marijuana
Government provided unemployment benefit
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n.
An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
n.
A court held in Derbyshire, in England, for deciding controversies between miners.
a.
Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline structure; spathose.
n.
A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
adv.
In a scattered or sparse manner.
a.
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
n.
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
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A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
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A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.
a.
Sparing; parsimonious.
n.
One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
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The hedge sparrow.
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A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
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The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
adv.
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
adv.
Sparsely.
n.
Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
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A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.
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