squab

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Squab, quail and pheasant can be special-ordered from the following retailers.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2015

She had liked being Cat, more than she had ever liked being Salty or Squab or Weasel or Arry.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Last night, we et Squab — which he left overlong on the Spit — we might as well have dined on Sandals — and I saw him cease chewing.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

She thought of all the names that she had worn: Arry, Weasel, Squab, Cat of the Canals.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The young fowls felt so uncomfortable after this that they walked away, and the Squab flew back to the Dove-cote.

From Among the Farmyard People by Gordon, F.C.