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Ki Khnam - Archery (gambling) and squatter(1) (iou)


Ki Khnam - Archery (gambling)


Arrows, Khasi (Assam).

squatter(1) (iou)



squatter noun. L18.
[from SQUAT verb + -ER1.]
a. US & Austral. History. A settler with no legal title to the land occupied, esp. one on land not yet allocated by a government. L18.
b. A person occupying a tract of pastoral land as a tenant of the Crown (Hist.); a sheep-farmer or cattle-farmer, esp. on a large scale. Austral. & NZ. M19.
c. An unauthorized or illegal occupant of otherwise unoccupied land or premises. M19.
A squatting or crouching person or animal. E19.
More fully squatter pigeon. A bronzewing pigeon of the genus Phaps, esp P. elegans and P. chalcoptera. Austral. M19.
Cricket. A ball which remains low on pitching; a shooter. M20.
Comb.: squatter pigeon: see sense 3 above; squatter sovereignty US History the right claimed by settlers of newly formed territories to decide for themselves the question of slavery and Other matters.
squatterdom noun (Austral. History) squatters collectively M19.