| Front | squab |
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| Back | squab [skwɑb] n, pl squabs or squab 1) a young unfledged bird, esp a pigeon 2) a short fat person 3) a) a well-stuffed bolster or cushion b) a sofa adj 4) (of birds) recently hatched and still unfledged 5) short and fat • Etymology: C17 probably of Germanic origin; compare Swedish dialect sqvabb flabby skin, sqvabba fat woman, German Quabbe soft mass, Norwegian kvabb mud Derived words: squabby adj |
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