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squash-
The verbal stem used in combs., in the sense ‘having the appearance of being squashed’, as squash hat (cf. squashed ppl. a.), nose.
1861Meredith Evan Harrington vi, I don't get took in again by a squash hat in a hurry. 1882Stevenson New Arab. Nts. (1884) 247 Admiring imbecility breathed from his squash nose and slobbering lips. 1900Daily News 30 June 4/6 The million are going in for the broad-brimmed squash hat. |