2. Verb. (third-person singular of squib) ¹
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Definition of Squibs
1. squib [v] - See also: squib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squibs
Literary usage of Squibs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1898)
"Three modes of firing charges are in use—(i) squibs or Germans, (2) fuses, ...
Frequent misfires with straw squibs, and premature explosions, together with ..."
2. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1904)
"Three modes of tiring charges are in use—(i) squibs or germans, (2) fuses, ...
Frequent miss-fires with straw squibs, and premature explosions, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"squibs FROM <THE YOUNG DUKE' CHARLES ANNESLEY DANDY has been voted vulgar, and
beau is now the word. I doubt whether the revival will stand; and as for the ..."
4. A Record of the Boston Stage by William Warland Clapp (1853)
"squibs at Kean, etc. etc. THE announcement that Kean was to appear in Boston
created an excitement quite equalling — when we take into consideration the ..."
5. A Record of the Boston Stage by William Warland Clapp (1853)
"squibs at Kean, etc. etc. THE announcement that Kean was to appear in Boston
created an excitement quite equalling — when we take into consideration the ..."
6. English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. by John Ashton (1884)
"... PROCLAIMED EMPEROR—THE FLOTILLA—INVASION squibs. THE most important event of
the year to Napoleon himself, was his being made Emperor. ..."
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