squinny

squin·ny

[skwin-ee] verb, squin·nied, squin·ny·ing, noun, plural squin·nies.
verb (used without object)
1.
to squint.
noun
2.
a squint.

Origin:
1595–1605; perhaps equivalent to squin- (< Dutch schuin oblique, aslant) + -y eye

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