squaller

English

Etymology

squall +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: squalor (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

squaller (plural squallers)

1. One who squalls; a crier, complainer, or bad singer.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 200:

     A conviction of Bedlam broken loose scattered Bradly's wits. Edmund circled the uproar with hackles up, craving a signal from Bradly to nip this old squaller by her broomstick legs. Cora kept edging off, her frown dark with impotent rebellion.