[A fanciful combination of squash and bash, prob. due to Prof. Wilson.] A crushing blow; a squashing.
1818. Blackw. Mag., III. 250. The Author of ‘The Dentist’ is most rash; If printed, ’t would secure him a squabash.
1832. Wilson, Ibid., XXXI. 281. Here are some verses that give all such shallow and senseless critics the squabash!
