SQUAB (2)

squab (2). Squab, n. a couch, a young pigeon

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Squab, n. 1. 1. (Zoöl.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
2. 2. A person of a short, fat figure.
Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper. 3. 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.
Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.