10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUABBY»
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But that morn never cam' to the peer stranger ; a bit scow o' a boat that Squabby
keeps in a cuttin' by the side o' the loch would be his bier, and far oot in the loch
at mirk midnicht there would be a funeral, wi' never a service read, or dirge sung.
Alexander Inkson McConnochie, 1901
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Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
Squabby, finding in me an interested and attentive auditor, talked much and
loudly, but with a certain coarseness which would have disgusted me had not his
loquacity perpetually started subjects which the sagacious William treated with a
...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
SQUABBY, sb. Oilzf.l [skwo'bt] An unfledged bird; also used afln'b. and in comp.
Squabby-bancher. M5. add. See Squab, sb.' SQUABBY, v. Som. [skwo'bL] To
slouch. Please, Sir, don't let I go wr' he—he do squabby so W.F.R.). SQUAB-PIE ...
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A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel ...
Fat, plump, stout, portly, dumpy, squabbish, squabby. . Lniiedged, unfcathered.
Squab, u. Young pigeon. Squabbish, a. Squabby, SQUAB. Squabble, v. n.
Quarrel, wrangle, dis pute, contend, iight, jangle, 'ruil-'. Squabble, п. Brawl, '
панды ...
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Tales from "Blackwood.": 1st -2nd Series
Squabby, finding in me an interested and attentive auditor, talked much and
loudly, but with a certain coarseness which would have disgusted me had not his
loquacity perpetually started subjects which the sagacious William treated with a
...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
(squabby, squaddy, squatty, squabbish, &c.) = fat and short, heavy, bulky (in quot.
1756 = short, abrupt). — Grose. As vert. = to fall heavily, to plump down. 1593.
Greene, News from Heaven and Hell. A fatte squaddy monke that had been well
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John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1903
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
squabby a ['skwobi]. Cp EDD squab sb3 1: ~ 'fat, loose in figure' So. Soft, flabby;
pliant. 1955 ENGLISH 35 ~ soft as jelly. T 391/2-67 But [the skin of] a old hood [
seal] is no good [for making boots]; it's too squabby. squad n Cp EDD ~ sb1 'a ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
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Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
(bon— tew) Thick-legged ; squabby. Bondid, s.f.—pl. t. au (bon— tid) The chain
next the plough, by which it is fastened to the yoke. Bondo, ». m. aggr. (bon-- to)
The eaves; the thatch first laid on the eaves of a building. Bonedd,*.n.«ggr.
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; ...
4 Confound it, Peter! how came you to pitch < On such an ugly, squinting,
squabby witch ? ' A man like you, so handsome and so knowing; * Your wits, my
friend, must surely be a going! ' Wbo could hare thought you such a tasteless oaf,
< To ...
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A dictionary of the Welsh language. [Preceded by] A grammar ...
(bon — tew) Thick-legged ; squabby. Bondid, s./.— pi. t. au (bou—tid) The chain
next the plough, by which it is fastened to the yoke. Bondo, ». »». aggr. (bon-- to)
The eaves; the thatch first laid on the eaves of a building. Bonedd,«.m.<urgr.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUABBY»
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Live at Kulturnatta - Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time
Squabby Salmon - Duration: 4:37. by Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time 586,280 views. 4:37. Terror Tacos - Duration: 5:03. by Regular Ordinary Swedish ... «YouTube, May 12»
National Pigeon Day!
(The New York Times Magazine, unfortunately, gave me only 3,000 words to tell the story of Squabby's life — absurdly inadequate for so momentous a topic.) ... «New York Times Blogs, Jun 08»
