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Definition of Squinnying

1. squinny [v] - See also: squinny

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Squinnying

squillas Squillidae squills squinancy squinch squinched squinches squinching squinied squinies

squinnied squinnier squinnies squinniest squinny squinnying (current term) squinsy squint squint squint-eye

squint-eyed squinted squinter squinters squintest squintier squintiest squinting squintingly squinting eye

Literary usage of Squinnying

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1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"Such a person would be called " a poor squinnying thing. ... squinnying EYES. Very small eyes, with contracted eye-lids. ..."

2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"squinnying eyes,' narrow, contracted, like those of a very short-sighted person trying to make out something at a distance. Squish-squash, sb. and adv., ..."

3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"squinnying eyes,' narrow, contracted, like those of a very short-sighted person trying to make out something at a distance. Squish-squash, nl. and a>ir^ iq ..."

4. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1896)
"squinnying like this! Caroline, for your Louisa's sake, do not!' Hissing which, half angrily and half with entreaty, the Countess dropped on her knees. ..."

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