Add to ORKGsparable nThese are small nails that sometimes work out of your shoes and hurt your feet. I have not heard them called sparrables when they are in your shoe properly (perhaps I have just not heard them referred to at all) - only when they have worked out of your shoe and are now sticking in your feet. I heard this from my grandmother, Janet Rowe (age 73) of St. John's and Heart's Content, T.B. I have also heard the word used in Heart's Content, but not in St. John's.YesDNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON COLLECTOR'S PERMANENT FILEUsed I and SupUsed I2Used Ialso sparble [phonetics unavailable]. Cp EDD sparrable 'headless nail; sparrowbill.