squilgee

[ skwil-jee, skwil-jee ]

noun

, squil·geed, squil·gee·ing.

1. squeegee.

squilgee

/ ˈskwɪldʒiː /

noun

1. a variant of squeegee

Word History and Origins

Origin of squilgee¹

C19: perhaps from squeegee , influenced by squelch

Example Sentences

"You can soak me for a squilgee if that weren't neat," he chuckled, and then lifting his hands to his cheeks, he roared out something through the port.

From Project Gutenberg

After which an extraordinary implement—a sort of leathern hoe called a"squilgee"—is used to scrape and squeeze the last dribblings of water from the planks.

From Project Gutenberg

Concerning this "squilgee," I think something of drawing up a memoir, and reading it before the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

From Project Gutenberg