"spadger" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "The broadcasting blokes are twittering away like spadgers over there.",
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          "text": "'If you think spadgers is easy,' the father said, 'go get yourself a jenny wren. Jenny wrens is 'alf the size of spadgers and they never sit still for one second. Get yourself a jenny wren before you start shootin' yer mouth off about 'ow clever you is.'",
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          "ref": "1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:",
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