The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

2. (Harrow).—A game of racquets not played with a Harder (q.v.), but with an indiarubber ball, which is also called a SQUASH.

Squashed-flies. See Flies.

Squeaky, adj. (Christ’s Hospital).—High-pitched: of the voice. Cf. Gruff.

1844. Reminis. of Christ’s Hospital [The Blue, Aug. 1874]. The voices, in our own peculiar phraseology, being divided into two classes—those who sang SQUEAKY and those who sang GRUFF. The monitors were constantly on the look-out for boys with SQUEAKY voices, and did any youth make himself at all prominent in this respect, down upon him would pounce the monitor, forthwith to transpose him to the organ gallery, there to submit his musical abilities to a trial by the organist. The latter was an elderly gentleman, inclined at times to be rather irritable.

Squealer, subs. (Wellington).—A small boy.

Squirm (or Squirt), subs. (general).—An obnoxious boy.

Squish, subs. 1. (general).—Marmalade.

2. (Winchester).—Weak tea.

Squo, adj. (Charterhouse).—Squash (q.v.); as in SQUO-court, SQUO-ball, SQUO-bat, &c.

Stally, adj. (Derby).—Strong [? stalwart].