squirrel work...to work as focused and determined as a busy squirrel. Having a pejorative tinge to it. As in being only about hard work and not about thought.
'Look at Loakie workin himself to death. He just ova there goin ta squoawuhweek. You would almost think he was trying to distract himself from the deeper issues that get second billing in the theater of his narrow mind.
Term used to describe the Police coming, used primarily when partaking in illegal activity, such as a dice game, or smoking weed.
Yelling 'squalay' does not necessarily mean to run, it's totally situation dependant. If you're playing a dice game, and someone yells 'squalay!', just pick up the dice and cool out, if you just did the armed robbery thing, you better get ghost.
Three young gentlemen are jumping someone, and trying to take his chain...
One of the three men sees the cops before his friends.
He says: 'Squalay!'
All three gentlemen run, hopefully after acquiring the chain.