All 7 Uses of
squall
in
Gone with the Wind
- It was just that Yankee stepmother who squalled and said I was a wild barbarian and decent people weren't safe around uncivilized Southerners.†
Chpt 1.1
- And as Wade's face went purple with his squalling, she snapped crossly: "Give him that sugar-tit in your pocket, Priss.†
Chpt 2.8
- She could defend herself, thank you, and if the old cats wanted to squall— well, she could get along without the old cats.†
Chpt 2.10
- Prissy and Wade scurried for the cellar and crouched in the cobwebbed darkness, Prissy squalling at the top of her voice and Wade sobbing and hiccoughing.†
Chpt 3.19
- "If I don't get a hold on myself," she thought, "I'll be squalling like a scalded cat!" and the sight of Prissy's abject terror helped steady her.†
Chpt 3.23
- But why should you squall like a scalded cat?†
Chpt 4.47 *
- Kindly remember, Madam, that I've seen you wake up squalling like a scalded cat simply because you dreamed of running in a fog.†
Chpt 5.52
Definition:
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(squall as in: a squall blew in) sudden strong winds; or a storm -- usually at sea or in the snow