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squatting

noun B2
  1. The posture of one who squats. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The act or general practice of occupying a building or land without the permission of the owner. (countable, uncountable)

Plural squattings

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This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 2 · B2
And can you wonder that when I found this crazy boob of a bug-hunter with the queer name squatting right on the top of it, and never quitting his room, I had to do the best I could to shift him?
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 94 · B2
She departed then and the lights went out, and I was left squatting in the rhododendron-bush.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 95 · B2

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