squilgee
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of squilgee
C19: perhaps from squeegee , influenced by squelch
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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.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
"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.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
As he squilgeed his face to lessen the duty of the overworked towel, he heard a step and looked up quickly.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.
The crew had ceased the morning "squilgeeing" and swabbing forward, and were busy stowing away mops, buckets and brooms.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
The washing, swabbing, squilgeeing, &c. lasts, or is made to last, until eight o'clock, when breakfast is ordered, fore and aft.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
The washing, swabbing, squilgeeing, etc., lasts, or is made to last, until eight o'clock, when breakfast is ordered, fore and aft.
From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry
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