frowst
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of frowst
C19: back formation from frowsty musty, stuffy, variant of frowzy
Example Sentences
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You liked shutting the window on a cold night and collecting a crowd and raising such a frowst that the air was solid and the windows steamed.
From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor
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
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
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
Down in the frowst I heard them snore.
From The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Sassoon, Siegfried
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