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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of squawl.

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Examples

  • (I knew you were nothing but a flea-bitten mite-eared, worm-tailed moggy from the first time I saw you.) \par (That's no way to treat one of your ancestors,) Grimalkin squawled in protest.

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  • Then, recognition dawning, he squawled in amazement and fear:

    Rebels of the Red Planet Charles Louis Fontenay 1962

  • Pat, you were one of the most unlovable brats that ever squawled to get his own way ... and, Tom, you weren't any better.

    Time For The Stars Heinlein, Robert A. 1956

  • By the way the cat squawled as though it was being choked, I know Pa had him by the neck.

    Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 Gean Smith 1878

  • By the way the cat squawled as though it was being choked I know Pa had him by the neck.

    Peck's Compendium of Fun 1878

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