squealer

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  1. One who or that which squeals.
  2. One of several birds. A young pigeon; a squab; a squeaker. See cut under squab. When ready to leave the nest and face the world for itself, it [a young pigeon] is a squealer, or, in market parlance, a squab. The Century, XXXII. 100.
  3. The European swift, Cypselus apus. Also jack-squealer, screecher.
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  • Laughable Loves, not even in his previous life, in his prehistory, taking on the role of a squealer, 'writes Bernard-Henri Levy in the article on Kundera mentioned above. —  signandsight.com
  • Gangsters send martial artists to kill the Street Fighter after he fulfills his mission to silence a squealer. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • He knows too much and the boys in Chicago know how to deal with a squealer. —  Latest Articles
  • Just as a taster, last night's saw the teams of two - who each have been given their own restaurant for the duration of the show - delivered half a pig each and set the task of cooking and selling as much of the squealer as possible. —  Watch With Mothers
  • The squealer was among the first to demand that Barack Obama (Barack, Rush, not Barry) denounce his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for comments deemed offensive to white people. —  Free Democracy
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