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▪ I. squeegee, n.|ˈskwiːdʒiː, skwiːˈdʒiː|
[? f. prec. Cf. squilgee n.]
1. a. A scraping implement, usually consisting of a straight-edged blade of india-rubber, gutta-percha, or the like, attached to the end of a long handle, for removing water, mud, etc.
1844Mrs. Houston Yacht Voy. Texas I. 39 Holy-stoning the decks..is the worst description of nervous torture of which I ever heard, excepting perhaps, the infliction of the squee gee. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 648 Squeegee, an effective swabbing instrument, having a plate of gutta⁓percha fitted at the end of a broom handle. 1884Law Times Rep. L. 635/2 They had swept mud in a state of batter to the side of a road by means of ‘squeegees’.
b. A similar implement for cleaning windows, windscreens, etc., or for other purposes requiring smooth application of pressure.
1918L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 130 Squeegee—..used in civil life to clean windows. 1955Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 224/1 Resembling a window cleaner's squeegee, the sweeper is ribbed to fold gently back and forth when it is moved across the floor. 1955Sci. Amer. Oct. 126/3 A small squeegee or an automobile windshield wiper will help in the cleaning job. 1962Which? Oct. 314/1 The Gnomist transfer had to be stuck on with water and a squeegee, which the manufacturer provided. a1977Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 15/1 The colour in paste form is forced by means of a squeegee through a fine mesh mounted on a frame.
2. Photogr. A strip of rubber mounted on a wooden frame which serves as a handle, for squeezing moisture from a print, pressing a film closer to its mount, etc.; a rubber roller serving this purpose; a squeezer.
1878Abney Photogr. 170 The plate is then placed on a small low stool..and the excess of water squeezed out by means of a squeegee. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 57 Use a Roller Squeegee.—After the print is applied to the mount,..gently roll the squeegee over it.
3. Comb. squeegee band Naut. colloq., an improvised band (see quots.). Cf. washboard 3 c.
1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin x. 176 Before very long the ‘squeegee band’, composed of two drums, a dozen fifes, many mouth-organs, and an unholy number of mess kettles and other noisy utensils, was marching round the deck. 1979A. C. Hampshire Just Old Navy Custom 225 Squeegee band, composed of instruments not usually found in a band, e.g. Jew's harp; mouth-organ; comb and paper, etc.
Sense 3 in Dict. becomes 4. Add: 3. A (young) person with a squeegee who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and solicits payment from the driver. Orig. and freq. attrib. in squeegee bandit, squeegee kid, squeegee thug, etc.
1985Washington Post 28 Apr. b1/1 When rush-hour traffic backs up along the downtown streets here, the ‘*squeegee kids’ are in business. 1986J. A. Friedman Cops & Skells in Tales of Times Square (1993) 137 The squeegee bandits at 42nd and Ninth take a moment's break from their particular contribution to a cleaner New York when the patrol passes. 1991Evening Standard 13 May 7/2 ‘Squeegees’, the growing urban tribe who molest waiting motorists at busy road junctions. 1992Crime Beat Jan. 6/3 The squeegee thugs..have become a scourge of inner-city motorists... The squeegees wait at busy intersections. When cars stop for a red light, the young men carrying long-handled rubber squeegees approach each car in line offering to clean the windshield. 1993H. Stern Private Parts xi. 304 We showed her as a carnival barker, a Hare Krishna, a nun, and a squeegee woman washing car windshields. 1994Rolling Stone 19 May 34/3 She let out a voice so clear one could have made a windshield out of it that would put the squeegeemen out of work for good.
▪ II. squeegee, v.
[f. the n.]
1. a. trans. To press, squeeze, or force, with a squeegee.
1885C. G. W. Lock Workshop Rec. Ser. iv. 346/2 When cold, squeegee the emulsion..through muslin. Ibid. 411/2 A piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 49 Take a print, put it face down on the glass and lightly squeegee it until it lies flat.
b. With advs. and preps., as on, out, together.
1883Hardwick's Photogr. Chem. 347 It is then ‘squeegeed’ down on the glass and developed. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 324 The two surfaces can be brought into contact and squegeed together. 1890Ibid. III. 259 It can be turned over and squeegeed out flat.
2. To scrape with a squeegee; = squilgee v.
1886All Year Round 4 Sept. 104 The decks were persistently holystoned, scrubbed, ‘squeegéed’, and swabbed.
3. intr. To use a squeegee.
1972Times 20 Sept. 3/3 He washes, then squeegees. 1977Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 17/2 Eva squeegeed off as first of the guest shiners.
Hence squeegeed ppl. a., squeegeeing vbl. n.
1892Photogr. Ann. II. 435 The squeegeeing process..is unsuitable for it. 1894Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. XLI. 11 The squeegeeing is then gone on with. 1904W. P. Drury Peradventures Priv. Pagett 10 A sloppy road between two squeegeed banks of mud. |