SQUIRREL
NOUNS
► BAY a squirrel’s nest → 1788 Eng. dial.
► BOOMER a red or grey squirrel → 1878 Amer. dial.
► BUN a squirrel → 1587
► BUNNY a squirrel → 1981 US colloq. (Bk.)
► CAGE a squirrel’s nest → 1883 Eng. dial.
► CAT-SQUIRREL the common squirrel → 1882 Eng. dial.
► CHICKAREE ► CHICKERY a red squirrel → 1825 Amer. dial.
► CHIPAREE a red squirrel → 1804 Amer. dial.
► CHISELER a ground squirrel → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DODGE a squirrel’s nest → 1850 Eng. dial.
► FAIRYDIDDLE ► FERRIDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk → 1893 Amer. dial.
► NICE ONE, CYRIL a squirrel → 1990 rhyming sl.
► PUGGY a squirrel → 1878 Sc.
► RUSKIN the fur of the Eurasian red squirrel → 1278 obs.
► SCOPPERIL a squirrel → 1897 Eng. dial.
► VAIR the squirrel → 1796 Eng. dial. obs.
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