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squeezy, a.|ˈskwiːzɪ|
[f. as prec.]
Suggestive of, characterized by, squeezing; having a compressed or confined character. Also, capable of being squeezed, esp. as squeezy bottle, squeeze bottle. Also fig.
1751Gray Lett. (1900) I. 216 The Women are few here, squeezy & formal, and little skill'd in amusing themselves or other People. 1759Compl. Lett.-writer (1768) 217 After her,..by Way of Contrast, the squeezy Mrs Ellen Risborough, contracting her Minuteness to a Shadow, with Stays..pinching her like [a] Pair of Nutcrackers. 1825T. Lister Granby xvii. (1836) 110 And then another squeezy quadrille, and so on. 1843I. F. Romer Rhone, Darro, etc. II. 142 A squeezy little room just large enough to contain my bed. 1866M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile vii, The deliciously-squeezy little drawing-rooms and ante-chambers..in Mayfair. 1971R. A. Percy Charlesworth on Negligence (ed. 5) xviii. 732 Using a squeezy bottle to squirt coolant liquid into the interior of a workpiece on a centre lathe. 1972Guardian 5 Dec. 16/6 Strong colours ready mixed in squeezy bottles, a boon for..young children. |