"spog" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɒɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: spogs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡ Etymology: From Yorkshire dialect of unclear origin, possibly related to dialectal term spice (“sweets”). More specific sense comes from the Yorkshire-based sweet company Bassett's, who used the term to describe one component of their liquorice allsorts mixture. Head templates: {{en-noun}} spog (plural spogs)
  1. (Yorkshire) A sweet. Tags: Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-spog-en-noun--rkJ-yyZ Categories (other): Yorkshire English
  2. A sweet consisting of a disc of jelly, usually aniseed-flavoured, covered in sprinkles.
    Sense id: en-spog-en-noun-Q3iKoEA3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 26 7 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 17 5 73

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2025 February 18, Lili Wilkinson, Deep Is the Fen, Random House, →ISBN, page 119:",
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