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Squalls

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Look out for squalls. Expect to meet with difficulties. A nautical term.

“If this is the case, let the ministry look out for squalls.”—Newspaper paragraph, July 6th, 1894

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Spun (To be)
Spun Out
Spunging House
Spur Money
Spurs
Spy
Spy (of Vanity Fair)
Spy Wednesday
Squab Pie
Squad
Squalls
Square
Square the Circle
Squash
Squib (A)
Squint-eyed [Guercino]
Squintifego
Squire of Dames
Stabat Mater
Stable-door
Stable Keys