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quaillike

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quail

1  [kweyl]
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–noun, plural quails, (especially collectively) quail.
1. a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
2. any of several other birds of the genus Coturnix and allied genera.
3. any of various New World gallinaceous game birds of the genus Colinus and allied genera, esp. the bobwhite.
4. Slang. a woman or girl.
Origin:
1300–50; ME quaille < OF < Gmc; cf. D kwakkel quail, MD, MLG quackele; akin to quack 1

Related forms:
quaillike, adjective
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quail

  1. n.
    any girl or woman, especially considered sexually. (Crude.) : Look at that cute little quail over there.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

quail  (n.)
c.1300, quayle, from O.Fr. quaille, perhaps via M.L. quaccula (cf. Prov. calha, It. quaglia, O.Sp. coalla), from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. quahtala "quail," Ger. Wachtel), imitative of the bird's cry. Or the Eng. word may be directly from Gmc. Slang meaning "young attractive woman" first recorded 1859.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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