frowst
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of frowst
C19: back formation from frowsty musty, stuffy, variant of frowzy
Example Sentences
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Down in the frowst I heard them snore.
From The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Sassoon, Siegfried
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
You can't frowst all day at this nonsense.
From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Its charm is so deliciously old in this land, so deliciously young compared with the lovely frowst of Oxford and Cambridge.
From Letters from America by Brooke, Rupert
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
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