squilgee

[ skwil-jee, skwil-jee ]

noun, verb (used with object),squil·geed, squil·gee·ing.

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How to use squilgee in a sentence

  • The only answer was a warlike demonstration with a squilgee that lay at hand; and Fisher beat a retreat.

    There She Blows! | William Hussey Macy

British Dictionary definitions for squilgee

squilgee

/ (ˈskwɪldʒiː) /


noun
  1. a variant of squeegee

Origin of squilgee

1
C19: perhaps from squeegee, influenced by squelch

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