1) Alternative to a game hen 2) An unfledged pigeon 3) Avian delicacy 4) Baby pigeon 5) Bird baked in a pie 6) Certain pigeon 7) Dark meat delicacy 8) Domestic pigeon 9) Edible pigeon 10) Fledgling bird 11) Fledgling pigeon 12) Fowl entree 13) French cuisine 14) Gourmet delicacy 15) Gourmet menu item
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1) Squabby
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- a soft padded sofa
- an unfledged pigeon
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[food] In culinary terminology, squab is a young domestic pigeon, typically under 4 weeks old, or its meat. The meat is widely described as tasting like dark chicken. The term is probably of Scandinavian origin; the Swedish word skvabb means `loose, fat flesh`. It formerly applied to all dove and pigeon species, such as the Wood Pigeon, the...
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fat; clumsy; unfledged; newly hatched
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• (a.) Fat; thick; plump; bulky. • (adv.) With a heavy fall; plump. • (n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. • (v. i.) To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. • (a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. • (n.) A person of a short, fat fi...
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A flat, loose cushion, as opposed to fitted upholstery, usually tied to the frame of an armchair with corner tapes and used from the 17thC. Squab stools have a raised rim to hold a cushion in place.
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variety of domestic pigeon (q.v.) raised for its meat.[3 related articles]
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1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. 'Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.' (Betterton) ... 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. ... Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. Kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. Quab. ... 1. <zoology> A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, especially. ...
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A flat, loose cushion, as opposed to fitted upholstery, usually tied to the frame of an armchair with corner tapes and used from the 17thC. Squab stools have a raised rim to hold a cushion in place.
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Squab adjective [ Confer dial. Swedish
sqvabb a soft and fat body,
sqvabba a fat woman, Icelandic
kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and English
quab .]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. « Nor the
squab daughter nor the wife were nice.»
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Squab adverb [ Confer dial. Swedish
squapp , a word imitative of a splash, and English
squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [ Vulgar] « The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down,
squab , upon a rock.»
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Squab intransitive verb To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [ Obsolete]
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Squab noun 1. (Zoology) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
2. A person of a short, fat figure. « Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat
squab upon a Chinese fan.»
Cowper. 3. A thic...
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A squab is a young bird, especially a young pigeon.
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[
adj] - short and fat 2. [n] - flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising 3. [n] - a soft padded sofa 4. [n] - an unfledged pigeon
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A young domesticated pigeon that has never flown and is therefore very tender. Squabs are normally under a pound and about 4 weeks old. May be prepared in any manner suitable for chicken.
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squabby adjective short and fat
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a young (baby) pigeon that has not yet left the nest; also refers to pigeon meat since pigeons are usually marketed before they leave the nest
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