Meanings
nounsquam (plural squams)
plural squams
- USfishingAn oilskin hat; a southwester.
He raised his big hand to his squam hat. It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily. She smiled again brightly. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.
1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162
Origin
Shortened from Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.
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