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- noun Plural form of
squilgee .
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Examples
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Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.
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Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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It rubs down with sand; the sand is washed off by buckets of water thrown down, all is well mopped, and the deck is then finished off with India-rubber squilgees.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858
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Then came swabs and squilgees; and after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Then came swabs and squilgees; and, after the decks were dry, each one went to his particular morning job.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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