squirmy

Historical Examples

• Ned's got a conscience, too, you know, as squirmy as Gholson's.

  The Cavalier

  George Washington Cable

• Lil squealed at the thought of “using one of the squirmy things.”

  The Girls of Central High in Camp

  Gertrude W. Morrison

• We can do it faster if we all go; they are so squirmy to carry.

  Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School

  Mabel C. Hawley

• Squirmy was to be a second lieutenant; Naughty, a first lieutenant; and Vance, a captain.

  Atlantic Narratives

  Mary Antin

• There were forty scholars: squirmy, grimy little things that I found it hard to tell apart at first.

  Atlantic Narratives

  Mary Antin