squaller

English

Etymology

squall +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

Noun

squaller (plural squallers)

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 751607287, 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.

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