squad n Cp EDD ~ sb1 'a quantity of anything.' A large number (of seals); PATCH.
1924 ENGLAND 108 The seals was in livin' squads on the ice... So I got evvery man's mother's son out, an' we clapped a lickin' to that spot o' seals, I'm tellin' you! Ibid 167 Dat'm de rig-out she drapped de message in. Now I 'spects dis-un'll get squads o' swiles! 1925 Dial Notes v, 343 ~ A large lot.
