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单词 squailer
释义

squailern.

Etymology: < squail v.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquailer.
Originally south-western dialect.
A loaded stick, esp. used for throwing at small game or apples.
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1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words
1879 R. Jefferies Amateur Poacher iii. 48 For making a ‘squailer’ a tea-cup was the best mould.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/1 We used to use squailers at Marlborough... You held your squailer by the small end.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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