squinny

[ skwin-ee ]
/ ˈskwɪn i /

verb (used without object), squin·nied, squin·ny·ing.

to squint.

noun, plural squin·nies.

a squint.

Origin of squinny

1595–1605; perhaps equivalent to squin- (< Dutch schuin oblique, aslant) + -y eye

Words nearby squinny

squilla, squillagee, squillion, squinancy, squinch, squinny, squint, squint-eyed, squinting modifier, squinty, squirarchy

Example sentences from the Web for squinny

  • What makes you think she'd be seen dead with either one of you two squinny old lobsters?

    The Wooing of Calvin Parks |Laura E. Richards

  • Dame Goody saw that it had squinny eyes just like its father.

    English Fairy Tales |Anonymous

  • Will you ask your honourable and gallant friend, the Captain, to drive home Mr. Squinny to Brompton?

    Men's Wives |William Makepeace Thackeray

  • Squinny Peters (plain drunk—five bob or the risin'), who is peculiar for always paying his fine, elects to take it out this time.

    The Rising of the Court |Henry Lawson