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Open since 1980, Pioneer Book fills its two-level shop with used, signed and rare books, without a whiff of mustiness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2019

There's another factor working in Steely Dan's favor to wipe out any would-be mustiness here, and that's the fact that almost none of the material from the band's 1972-80 life span sounds dated.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017

Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2016

Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.”

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2015

On the campus, students emerged from the mustiness of Suzzallo Library and the dankness of their rented rooms, blinked warily, and looked about for a place to stretch out on a patch of grass.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown