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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.
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Squabs
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1630–40; probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect skvabb loose, fat flesh, skvabba fat woman, Norwegian skvabb soft wet mass
1630–40; probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect skvabb loose, fat flesh, skvabba fat woman, Norwegian skvabb soft wet mass
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squab
1682, "very young bird," earlier (1640) "unformed, lumpish person" and used at various times for any sort of flabby mass from sea slugs to sofa cushions; probably from a Scand. word (cf. dialectal Swed. skvabb "loose or fat flesh," skvabba "fat woman"), from P.Gmc. *(s)kwab- (cf. O.Pruss. gawabo "toad,"
EXPANDO.C.S. zaba "frog").
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