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squillagee

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squil⋅la⋅gee

  [skwil-uh-jee]
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–noun, verb (used with object), -geed, -gee⋅ing.
squeegee.

squee⋅gee

  [skwee-jee, skwee-jee] noun, verb, -geed, -gee⋅ing.
–noun
1. an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
2. a similar and smaller device, as for removing excess water from photographic negatives or prints or for forcing paint, ink, etc., through a porous surface, as in serigraphy.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
4. to force (paint, ink, etc.) through a screen in making a silk-screen print.
Also, squilgee, squillagee.

Origin:
1835–45; orig. a nautical term; of obscure orig.
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squeegee 
"wooden scraping instrument with a rubber blade," 1844, a nautical word, perhaps from squeege "to press" (1782), an alteration of squeeze.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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