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squab

[skwob] ,noun, plural squabs, (especially collectively for 1) squab, adjective
–noun
1. a nestling pigeon, marketed when fully grown but still unfledged.
2. a short, stout person.
3. a thickly stuffed, soft cushion.
–adjective
4. short and thick or broad.
5. (of a bird) unfledged or newly hatched.

Origin:
1630–40; prob. < Scand; cf. Sw dial. skvabb loose, fat flesh, skvabba fat woman, Norw skvabb soft wet mass
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squab   (skwŏb)   
n.  
  1. A young, newly hatched, or unfledged pigeon.

    1. A soft, thick cushion, as for a couch.

    2. A couch.

adj.  Young and undeveloped; newly hatched or unfledged: a squab chick.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialectal squabb, fat flesh.]
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