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Squalidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Definition of squalid in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of squalid. Pronunciation of squalid. Translations of squalid. squalid synonyms, squalid antonyms. Information about squalid in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... very dirty or filthy The houses are squalid and overcrowded.
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Find Synonym of squalid and Antonym of squalid at Thesaurus.com, Synonym, Synonyms, Thesaurus, Synonym Dictionary, Synonyms Dictionary, Antonym, Antonyms, Antonym Dictionary, Antonyms Dictionary ... Search another word or see squalid on Dictionary...
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1. neglected and dirty: neglected, insanitary and unpleasant; ... 2. without any fine qualities: lacking in honesty, dignity, and moral value a squalid little scandal; ... [Late 16th century. < Latin squalidus "filthy, rough" < squalere "be filthy" < squalus "filthy"]
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As their spaceship hovers above Johannesburg, the aliens, whose appearance earns them the unflattering nickname ''prawns'', live in squalid shacks behind barbed wire and barter with gangsters to satisfy their addiction to cat food.
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The squalid history of the Fourteenth Amendment poses serious problems for Roger Pilon. Pilon's critique of the New Deal has always included withering scorn for FDR's extraconstitutional thuggery, in the form of the infamous Court-packing scheme.
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Imagine that, until now, the only books you'd been able to read were those that had been carefully selected by your parents and that, not surprisingly, these were books of a type that your parents approved of, written by authors who, for want of a better word, ... Imagine how you might feel, ... Forgive me the laboured analogy.
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