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And a series of about five different agency briefs, all of which have squibbs somewhat like this.

CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2004 2004

I fear this unsuccessful Prosecution connected with that of Lovel and Reed, will occasion squibbs, and injure my Reputation in

John Adams diary 6, 2 December 1760 - 3 March 1761 1961

There is one who has a knack at squibbs, as they call it, and he has a table and chair with a pen and ink before him, to write scurrilous papers, and these are sent directly to Mr. Raikes.

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

Though the candidate did not trouble himself much about his "principles and that sort of thing, you know," his opponents generally managed, in the form of squibbs of a more or less elegant turn, to supply the deficiency.

Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

He showed me a bottle of arnica, one of squibbs, another of peppermint, and many other drugs used as simple remedies.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

Two statues at Rome, called Pasquino and Marforio, were used as billboards to which the people affixed squibbs and lampoons against the government and public men.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

There is one who has a knack at squibbs, as they call it, and he has a table and chair with a pen and ink before him, to write scurrilous papers, and these are sent directly to Mr. Raikes.

George Selwyn His Letters and His Life Ed 1899