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squatt
(squatt)
Pronunciation:
/skwɒt/
noun
the larva of the common housefly, used by anglers as bait:
[
mass noun
]
:
catches are of small roach on bread or squatt
[
count noun
]
:
bread and squatts worked a treat
Origin:
1930s
: perhaps from the adjective
squat
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