squirl

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Blend of squiggle +‎ twirl.[1]

Noun

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squirl (plural squirls)

  1. A flourish in handwriting.

Etymology 2

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Eye-dialect.

Noun

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squirl (plural squirls)

  1. (US, dialect) A squirrel.
    • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury, Folio Society, published 2016, page 6:
      “Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy.”

References

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  • “squirl”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
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