squabby
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of squabby
Example Sentences
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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
The Empire brought in squat and squabby shapes, comfortable enough no doubt, but entirely destitute of inspiration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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
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