squinny

American  

[skwin-ee] / ˈskwɪn i /

verb (used without object)

squinnied, squinnying

1. to squint.

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noun

plural

squinnies

1. a squint.

Etymology

Origin of squinny

1595–1605; perhaps equivalent to squin- (< Dutch schuin oblique, aslant) + -y eye

Example Sentences

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

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

"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