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squinnied

squinnied is the simple past and past participle of squinny.

Meaning of squinny

Verb

squinny (third-person singular simple present squinnies, present participle squinnying, simple past and past participle squinnied)

  1. (intransitive) To squint.
    • Those who had equipped themselves with a price list were forced into the crude necessity of asking the drinkers to move so as to get some distance on the martyrs or to squinny at the numbered labels.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 230

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Questions about squinnied

What is squinnied the simple past and past participle of?
Squinnied is the simple past and past participle of squinny.

Words near squinnied in the dictionary

  1. squinked
  2. squinking
  3. squinks
  4. squinney
  5. squinneys
  6. squinnied
  7. squinnies
  8. squinny
  9. squinnying
  10. squinsies
  11. squinsy

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