squinny
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
plural
squinniesEtymology
Origin of squinny
1595–1605; perhaps equivalent to squin- (< Dutch schuin oblique, aslant) + -y eye
Example Sentences
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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
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
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