squabby
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of squabby
Example Sentences
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Over the kitchen fire, like an evil spirit of the squabby order, crouched Mrs Catanach, waiting for Jean; no one else was to be found.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
The dodo was a squabby, ugly, dumpy, not to say fat-headed, bird when it lived; now it is a hero of romance.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
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 Owen, Elias
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 Kipling, Rudyard
"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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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