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English Dictionary: Squeaker by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squeaker
n
  1. any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?"
  2. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
    Synonym(s): close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squeaker \Squeak"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian gray crow shrile ({Strepera
            anaphonesis}); -- so called from its note.
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