frowst
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of frowst
C19: back formation from frowsty musty, stuffy, variant of frowzy
Example Sentences
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You can't frowst all day at this nonsense.
From Elizabeth's Campaign by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
After feeding-time they would lie torpid in a heavenly frowst reading Wisden's Annual or sixpenny magazines.
From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor
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
What a frowst I Fancy sitting in that poky little carriage with both windows shut.
From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.
I feel as if I was The only living thing On all this blighted earth; And so I frowst and shrink, And crouching by my hearth I hear the thoughts I think.
From Ballads of a Cheechako by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
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