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Definition of Squaddy

1. a private [n SQUADDIES] - See also: private

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squaddy

Literary usage of Squaddy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"—Anatomy of Melancholy, 3.2.4.1 (1621). squaddy—Short and fat. "He was a fat, squaddy monk."—Rich, Greenes News G.3 (1593). ..."

2. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"SPRUCED UP—Well dressed. "Salmacis would not be seen till she had spruced up." —Anatomy of Melancholy, 3.2.4.1 (1621). squaddy—Short and fat. "He was a fat, ..."

3. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"squaddy. Short and fat. A vulgar word formed from squat; ... I had hardly got seated, when in came a great stout, fat, squaddy woman. — Maj. ..."

4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1859)
"squaddy. Short and fat. A vulgar word formed from squat; ... I had hardly got seated, when in came a great stout, fat, squaddy woman. —Maj. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Squatty, squaddy (American), short, stout, small, and fat. Squat, a short, stout person in several English dialects. ..."

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