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Definition of: squab
(skwob) noun
1. A young pigeon, especially when an unfledged nestling.
2. A fat, short person.
3. A soft, stuffed cushion; sofa; ottoman.
—adjective
1. Fat and short; low and bulky; squat.
2. Unfledged or but half–fledged; half–grown, as a pigeon, or figuratively, any fowl. [<dial. E <Scand. Cf. dial. Norw. skvabb a soft, wet mass.]
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