frowst
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of frowst
C19: back formation from frowsty musty, stuffy, variant of frowzy
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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 John Buchan
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 Ivor Brown
You can't frowst all day at this nonsense.
From Elizabeth's Campaign by Mrs. Humphry Ward
A few minutes later one Dickinson said: "Please can we have the window open: there's an awful frowst."
From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown
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 Betty Keays-Young Salmon
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