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six pounds (£6), from the late 20th century joke - see squid.
having a look at something, have a squiz at it.
Squib is Australian and New Zealand slang for a coward.
umbrella-like medusae floating on the surface of the sea during squid season
a pound (£1). Not normally pluralised, still expressed as 'squid', not squids, e.g., 'Fifty squid'. The most likely origin of this slang expression is from the joke (circa 1960-70s) about a shark who meets his friend the whale one day, and says, "I'm glad I bumped into you - here's that sick squid I owe you.."
Squiz is Australian and New Zealand slang for a look or glance, especially an inquisitive one.
Noun. A jocular term for one pound sterling, derived from 'quid'.
Tom squad is British slang for the vice squad.
Pounds, money in general. Derived from 'quid'.
a squad is a basic organizational institution in the United States Army and Marine Corps. A sergeant usually commands the squad, and the squad is composed of two teams of four men each. A tank and its crew is considered the squad for an armored unit, as is the howitzer or gun and its crew in an artillery unit. Pg. 427
one pound (£1) or a number of pounds sterling. Plural uses singular form, eg., 'Fifteen quid is all I want for it..', or 'I won five hundred quid on the horses yesterday..'. The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600s England, derived from Latin (quid meaning 'what', as in 'quid pro quo' - 'something for something else'). Other intriguing possible origins/influences include a suggested connection with the highly secretive Quidhampton banknote paper-mill, and the term quid as applied (ack D Murray) to chewing tobacco, which are explained in more detail under quid in the cliches, words and slang page.
have a look at something ‘Let me have a squiz at that.’
Sick squid is British slang for six pounds sterling (six quid).
Quid is British slang for one pound sterling. Quid was old British slang for a sovereign. Quid was very old British slang for a guinea.
Squit is British slang for an insignificant person. Squit is British slang for nonsense; rubbish.
A corruption of cud, as, in vulgar language, a quid of tobacco.
Pounds sterling. If something costs £1 you may be asked for a quid; the word doesn't change in the plural, so £50 is fifty quid
Squid is British slang for one pound sterling. Squid is American slang for a studious pupil.
Squad halt is British military rhyming slang for salt.
Squad car is police slang for below.
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n.
A squid.
n.
The internal shell of a squid.
n.
See Squad,
a.
A writer of lampoons.
v. i.
To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.
n.
A squid.
v. t.
See Squir.
n.
The pen of a squid. See Pen.
a.
A paltry fellow.
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A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
n.
A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.
n.
The squeteague; -- called also squit.
n.
Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Squib
a.
A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
n.
A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
imp. & p. p.
of Squib
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