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squabby

American  
[skwob-ee] / ˈskwɒb i /

adjective

squabbier, squabbiest
  1. short and stout; squat.


Etymology

Origin of squabby

First recorded in 1745–55; squab + -y 1


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Dr. Owen Pugh defines the word as what is squabby, bulky. 

From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen

The more I studied my squabby Neptunes the less I liked ’em; and Arion was a pure flaming shame atop of the unbalanced dolphins.

From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

"And a man sitting under the picture--a squat, squabby man with white hair and small eyes very bright?"

From The Watchers A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

The more I studied my squabby Neptunes the less I liked 'em; and Arion was a pure flaming shame atop of the unbalanced dolphins.

From Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

He was a little squabby man, but very broad, with a nervous twitting laugh, and in his manner he was extremely intimate and confidential.

From The Watchers A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

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