squinny
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of squinny
1595–1605; perhaps equivalent to squin- (< Dutch schuin oblique, aslant) + -y eye
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One meets few or none of those figures and faces, small, scrofulous, squinny, and haggard, which disgrace the so-called civilisation of a British city.
From At Last by Kingsley, Charles
Yours at Haughton are all very well, but the very largest would be squinny beside these.”
From Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes by Barnes, Robert
"What makes you think she'd be seen dead with either one of you two squinny old lobsters?" he asked fiercely.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
You know how he opens his mouth and sort o' squinnies up his eyes?
From Mrs. Tree by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
Look at this feller," said Calvin, "all green and yeller, and squinnied up like his co't was too tight for him.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
Even the old chief squinnied sulkily out of his hut, and spat on the ground when they were gone.
From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter
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