squinny

[skwin-ee]

verb (used without object)

squinnied, squinnying 

1. to squint.

noun

plural

squinnies 

1. a squint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of squinny¹

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

Example Sentences

One meets few or none of those figures and faces—small, scrofulous, squinny, and haggard—which disgrace the civilisation of a British city.

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"What makes you think she'd be seen dead with either one of you two squinny old lobsters?" he asked fiercely.

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Squailer s.  the stick used in squirrel hunting Squails s.  nine-pins Squap v.  to sit down without any employment Squatch s.  a chink or narrow clift Squelstring adj.  sultry Squinny v.  to squint “Dost thou squinny at me?”

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Yours at Haughton are all very well, but the very largest would be squinny beside these.”

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Well then, he was round with Mister Squinny Gilbert, lookin' over the back o' the house.

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