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SQUIRE of Alsatia,

a Man of Fortune, drawn in, cheated, and ruin'd by a Pack of poor, lowsy, spunging Fellows, that lived (formerly) in White-Fryars. The Squire, a Sir Timothy Treat-all; also a Sap-Pate. A fat Squire; A rich Fool.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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SQUAWL
To SQUEEK
SQUEEKER
SQUEEZING of Wax
SQUINTE-Fuego
SQUIRE of Alsatia
SQUIRISH
STAG
STALE Jest
STALE Maid
STALLION

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Squire of Alsatia in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).