sparrow-fart n.1
dawn.
Dialect of Craven II 152: Sparrow-Fart. Break of day, very early. | ||
in | Cheshire Gloss. 331: Sparrowfarts, very early morning ‘Tha mun be up by sparrowfarts or tha’ll be too late’.||
Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Oct. 15/1: Returned at sparrow-chirp, breakfastless, but hoping to reach camp before the heat further affected the old gent’s temper. | ||
(con. 1918) | The Squadroon 137: Well, we’ve got to get up at sparrow crack – train goes at half-five, so I’m for beddy-byes.||
Aus. Vulgarisms [t/s] 13: sparrow’s fart, at: A [sic] dawn. A variation of the more colloquial at sparrow’s crow. | ||
Sun. Post 7 Feb. 18/4: Service Slang [...] Sparrow start — Very early. | ||
Gorse Blooms Pale 194: There we were as usual this morning at Sparrowfart, me with the jeep pulled up in front of the General’s caravan. | ||
I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 239/2: sparrow-crow – crack of dawn-crow. | ||
Bobbin Up (1961) 94: Gotta be up at sparrer’s fart tomorrer. | ||
Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 14: I’ve been standin’ up here on deck since sparrow’s fart. | ||
(con. 1940s) Danger Tree 152: No point. Can’t do much before sparrow-fart. | ||
Lily on the Dustbin 25: If she had to get up very early she talked about getting up at ‘sparrowfart’. | ||
Lowspeak 132: Sparrows – dawn, very early. Contraction of Up at sparrow’s fart. | ||
Therapy (1996) 31: I’ll go back to bed and see if I can get a few hours’ kip before sparrowfart. | ||
Suspect Device 9: Getting up at sparrow’s fart would do him no good at all. | ‘Vegan Reich’ in Home||
Observer mag. 58/1: At sparrowfart, the sky in London is gunmetal grey. | ||
Truth 43: You could stay, have the barbie, [...] I’ll get you up at sparrer. | ||
Good Girl Stripped Bare 114: He’s back on air at sparrow’s fart. | ||
‘Ocker’ in The Drover’s Wives (2019) 181: She’d be up at sparrow fart [...] getting wood for the fiire. | ||
🌐 We are leaving at sparrow fart. | Twitter 14 Oct.||
in Aussie Sl. |