squench
Example Sentences
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"Le's go in an' squench our hunger," Mr. Purvis proposed as he rose and shut his jackknife.
From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
"You shall have something to squench it, if you can answer the questions I am going to ask you," I replied.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
"Uncle Issy," asked Jim Lewarne, lurching up, "I durstn' g-glint over my shoulder—but wud 'ee mind tellin' me if th' old woman's lookin' this way—afore I squench my thirst?"
From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
This bullet I chaw to squench my hunger would do the rest!...
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
On the sign of the "Gate," at Blean Hill, in Kent,— "Stop, brave boys, and squench your thirst, If you won't drink, the horses must."
From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various
