2. Noun. The storing of something when in abundance against a time when it will be scarce (after the manner of a squirrel) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squirreling
1. squirrel [v] - See also: squirrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squirreling
Literary usage of Squirreling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"They were gloriously scuffed and non-mint: he'd always sold off the sterile
mint-in-package goods as quickly as he could, squirreling away the items ..."
2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"They were gloriously scuffed and non-mint: he'd always sold off the sterile
mint-in-package goods as quickly as he could, squirreling away the items that ..."
3. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"I think Lucio be gone a-squirreling, but I '11 squirrel him for it; I sent him «>n
my errand, but I must go for an answer myself. ..."
4. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max Hailperin, Barbara Kaiser, Karl Knight (1999)
"However, this leaves open the question of what ultimate objectives can be served
by this "squirreling away" of information. In this chapter, we'll introduce ..."
5. Scarronides, or Virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books by Charles Cotton (1804)
"But young Ascanius, Hopes o'th' House, Car'd not for squirreling a Louse; For
he's, whilst they are at their Chase, Playing at Hide and seek, or Base Among ..."
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