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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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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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The squalid life and times of Markham - one of several aliases she took from the 1930 Alfred Hitchcock film Murder - are featured in the exhibition Femme Fatale: the Female Criminal, which opens at the Justice & Police Museum tomorrow.
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