squattle
(intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' swill,' gulp down. Cf. swattle, v.'^
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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(intransitive, Scotland) To squat or sprawl; to duck into concealment.
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