squails

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noun

An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of squail
noun
  1. pluralplural of squail
nounsquails (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.
  2. uncountableThe game of ninepins.
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Chicago

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