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squirter|ˈskwɜːtə(r)|
[f. as prec.]
†1. One who shoots jerkily with the bow. Obs.—1
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. i. Wks. (1904) 59 If he giue it ouer, and not vse to shote,..he shal become of a fayre archer, a stark squyrter and dribber.
†2. One who has or suffers from diarrhœa. Obs.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme i. iv. 11 It oftentimes causeth bloudie fluxes,..if we beleeue Galen and them which for this cause call the inhabitants of Paris, squirters.
3. One who squirts or plies a squirt. Also transf.
1712Arbuthnot John Bull iii. vii, The Squirters were at it with their kennel water; for they were mad for the loss of their bubble. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. v, An over-dressed woman..at any rate..is better than the oil of vitriol squirter. 1878Scribner's Mag. Nov. 76/2 [He] was a mysterious squirter of ink for four days before he was found out.
4. An apparatus for squirting.
1888Pall Mall G. 21 Sept. 10/2 The patent oil squirter for calming the sea proved a failure. 1966Punch 3 Aug. 193 The advertisements inviting operators to take up space at forthcoming fairs, feasts, wakes and well-dressings are full of cavillings like..‘No squirters or confetti.’ 1983‘F. Parrish’ Bait on Hook ii. 29 You squirt it [sc. paint] out of a tin... You can't do a thin line easily with a squirter.
5. slang. A revolver.
1935G. Ingram Cockney Cavalcade xvi. 260 There've been reports..of some of you..doing that film stuff with squirters and handkerchiefs over your faces. |