a. [f. SQUAWK sb. or v. + -Y.] Of the voice: Loud and harsh; hoarsely squeaky.

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1873.  Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 July, 8/1. You are not … a Teuton bauer, to bring up from its infancy the squawky gosling.

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1898.  Westm. Gaz., 12 May, 1/3. She is to be married … to … a squawky-voiced curate.

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