frowsty
[frou-stee]
adjective, frowst·i·er, frowst·i·est. British Informal.
musty; ill-smelling.
Origin of frowsty
First recorded in 1860–65; perhaps dialectal variant of frowzy
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He went up to the frowsty study-bedroom, and sat down at his table.
If Winter Don'tBarry Pain
She opened the back door, and he followed her into the frowsty passage.
Sinister Street, vol. 2Compton Mackenzie
Our goods must never get into a "frowsty," shop-damaged state.
Dawson Black: Retail MerchantHarold Whitehead
For there are frowsty children, just as there are frowsty adults, who dont want freedom.
A Treatise on Parents and ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
"Really, my frowsty old Camembert, don't ask us to believe that they had all overlooked it," expostulated Frederick.
frowsty
adjective -stier or -stiest
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