subs. (colloquial).—1. A short thick-set person. SQUATTY (or SQUADDY) = lumpish, dumpy.
1881. J. BURROUGHS, Pepacton, 83. A few yards away stood another short, SQUATTY hemlock, and I said my bees ought to be there.
2. (American Stock Exchange).—See quot.
1870. J. K. MEDBERY, Men and Mysteries of Wall Street, 168. He extricated himself from serious difficulties by resorting to what is known in street argot as ‘SQUATTING.’ In other words, he dishonored his own contracts and entered upon a lawsuit to cover his duplicity.
