squab
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
squab /skwɒb/
▶noun
- 1 a young unfledged pigeon.
- 2 Brit. the padded back or side of a vehicle seat.
■ a thick cushion, especially one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘inexperienced person’): of unknown origin; cf. obs. quab ‘shapeless thing’ and Swed. dial. skvabba ‘fat woman’.
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