squench

Example Sentences

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"I only wanted," replied the trembling Marchioness, "to know where the key of the meat-safe was hid--that was all; and I wouldn't have taken much if I had found it--only enough to squench my hunger."

From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson

"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 Bacheller, Irving

"If you're thirsty, vy don't you say so and squench it, old boy?"

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace

But ole Brer B'ar say he gwineter make way wid 'im, en den he sot en study, ole Brer B'ar did, how he gwineter squench Brer Bull-frog.

From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Harris, Joel Chandler

"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 Boothby, Guy