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squat

/skwɑt/ adjective C1
  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
  2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.

Comparative squatter · Superlative squattest

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In an instant his strange headgear began to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 67 · B2
Then he threw open the table drawer and drew out a squat notebook.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 38 · B2
At one side of this was a squat, brass-bound wooden box, the lid of which was hinged upwards, with this curious old-fashioned key projecting from the lock.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 21 · B2
When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · C1

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