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squallery

squallery noun: squalling.

Noun

squallery (uncountable)

  1. squalling
    • And he had a wife, was the plague of his life, / With her squallery, bawlery, ho!1827, The Atheneum, volume 21, page 163
    • The rising of the curtain drew his habitual groan from Potts, and he fled to collogue with the goodly number of honest fellows in the house of music who detested 'squallery.1895, George Meredith, The Amazing Marriage

Origin of squallery

From squall + -ery.

Questions about squallery

What does squallery mean?
Squallery means squalling.
What part of speech is squallery?
Squallery is a noun.

Words near squallery in the dictionary

  1. squall line
  2. squall lines
  3. squalled
  4. squaller
  5. squallers
  6. squallery
  7. squallier
  8. squalliest
  9. squalliness
  10. squalling
  11. squallings

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