[f. SQUASH v.1] With or as with a squash. Freq. in to go squash (also transf.).
1766. [C. Anstey], Bath Guide, iv. 55. His Wig had the Luck a Cathartic to meet, And Squash went the Gallipot under his Feet.
1859. F. E. Paget, Curate of Cumberworth, 246. He came down, in less than no time, squash on his nose, and broke it.
1886. G. Allen, Kalee’s Shrine, ii. 27. At the poor end of the town, some cottages may really go squash before long.
