squilgee

American

[skwil-jee, skwil-jee] / ˈskwɪl dʒi, skwɪlˈdʒi /

noun

squilgeed, squilgeeing

squeegee.

squilgee British

/ ˈskwɪldʒiː /

noun

a variant of squeegee

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Etymology

Origin of squilgee

C19: perhaps from _squeegee , influenced by _squelch

Example Sentences

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"You can soak me for a squilgee if that weren't neat," he chuckled, and then lifting his hands to his cheeks, he roared out something through the port.

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After which an extraordinary implement—a sort of leathern hoe called a"squilgee"—is used to scrape and squeeze the last dribblings of water from the planks.

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Concerning this "squilgee," I think something of drawing up a memoir, and reading it before the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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