frowst

British  

/ fraʊst /

noun

1. informal a hot and stale atmosphere; fug

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Etymology

Origin of frowst

C19: back formation from frowsty musty, stuffy, variant of _frowzy

Example Sentences

It was a big place with only a tiny stove to warm it, and the windows were shut so that the atmosphere was a cold frowst.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

You can't frowst all day at this nonsense.

From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The cure for this ill is not to sit still,   Or frowst with a book by the fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,   And dig till you gently perspire.

From Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous

The places are heated but not aired, and the smell is horrid; but they seem to revel in "frowst."

From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Salmon, Betty Keays-Young

I was pretty bad myself, but managed to move about all the time, for the frowst in my cabin would have sickened a hippo.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John