All 11 Uses of
squatter
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- The squatters nodded--they knew, God knew.
Chpt 5squatters = people who live in an unoccupied place without the legal right
- Then, with time, the squatters were no longer squatters, but owners; and their children grew up and had children on the land.
Chpt 19
- Then, with time, the squatters were no longer squatters, but owners; and their children grew up and had children on the land.
Chpt 19
- You goddamned squatters.
Chpt 19
- Quote: In Lawrenceville a deputy sheriff evicted a squatter, and the squatter resisted, making it necessary for the officer to use force.†
Chpt 19
- Quote: In Lawrenceville a deputy sheriff evicted a squatter, and the squatter resisted, making it necessary for the officer to use force.†
Chpt 19
- The eleven-year-old son of the squatter shot and killed the deputy with a .22 rifle.†
Chpt 19
- And then the raids—the swoop of armed deputies on the squatters' camps.†
Chpt 19 *squatters = people who live in an unoccupied place without the legal right
- Here, I'll read it: "Citizens, angered at red agitators, burn squatters' camp."
Chpt 22
- Last night a band of citizens, infuriated at the agitation going on in a local squatters' camp, burned the tents to the ground and warned agitators to get out of the county.
Chpt 22
- When they go back to the squatters' camps they'll be hard to handle.
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(squatter) someone who lives in an unoccupied place without the legal rightIn most countries, if squatters are able to stay long enough, they will acquire legal title.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, squatter can refer to a type of insect or to a person who is crouching.