2. Noun. (Norfolk uncountable) Nonsense; amusing stories. ¹
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Definition of Squit
1. a contemptible person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squit
Literary usage of Squit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"squit. (i) A word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. ' A paltry
squit! ... Ex. ' Hold your squit.' (3) A syringe, a squirt [CHB]. ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia: Founded on that of Forby : with by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"squit. (i) A word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. ' A paltry
squit ! ' In OE it was Squib, but that word seems to be lost, and the more is ..."
3. Etymons of English Wordsby John Thomson by John Thomson (1826)
"See squit. SQUILL, s. a sea onion, a kind of lobster, an insect; L. SQUIR, ...
See squit, confounded apparently with SPIRT. squit, *. a squirt, something ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"squit. Small. A word confined in its use. "A little squit of a thing" is said
disparagingly of a somewhat diminutive and not pleasing young woman. ..."
5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"squit, s. a word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. " A paltry squit!
" In o. E. it was squib; but that word seems to be lost, ..."
6. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"squit, s. a word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person. " A paltry squit!
" In o. E. it was squib; but that word seems to be lost, ..."
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