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Squeaker

noun

Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used. "Which hinge is the squeaker?"

Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin. Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak.

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"Squeaker" Quotes from Famous Books

... a look at Molly Freeborn's baby?" asked Dick Tarbrush of his messmate, Tom Buntline. "Do now, then. Such a pretty young squeaker. Bless you, it'll do your heart good. He's ...

— True Blue • W.H.G. Kingston

... nothing else said the squeaker.—If the dear creatures condescend to esteem us, we ought to consider it a ...

— Barford Abbey • Susannah Minific Gunning

... down, retrieved the heat-rod. "I think we'd better look for a 'squeaker'. Next time ...

— The Beast of Space • F.E. Hardart

... the vigorous frame, animated air, and intelligent look which must have originated his name. But why go on? Every reader must be well acquainted with the characters of Mr Fiery and Mr Stiff, and Mrs Dashington, and her niece Miss Squeaker, and Colonel Blare who played the cornet, and Lieutenant Limp who sang tenor, and Dr Bassoon who roared bass, and Mrs Silky, who was all things to all men, besides being everything by turns and nothing long; and Lady Tower and Miss Gentle, and ...

— Post Haste • R.M. Ballantyne

... in a pugilistic ring grinning encouragement. Once Baden-Powell managed to secure a baby pig, and kept him in his compound, just as he had kept rabbits and guinea-pigs in England. To watch this squeaker practising "jinking" from a tree ("jinking" is "pig-sticking" for jibbing), and charging ferociously at an old stump, was one of our hero's pet amusements for ...

— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie