frowsy

[ frou-zee ]

adjective,frows·i·er, frows·i·est.

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But only she can provide the meaningful interruption into the frowsy narrative that has built around her.
How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? | Tim Teeman | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It reeked with stale tobacco-smoke, the smell of cookery, and the odors of frowsy clothes.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
He had a most amiable feeling towards it, were it ever so frowsy and undersized and sallow.
Mary Gray | Katharine Tynan
She had let fall a bunch of flowers from her frowsy dress upon the pulpit desk and had left them there.
A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. Mann
Anywhere else must be less dusty and frowsy and empty than here.
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield

There was no attempt at smartness in their attire; they were dowdy and frowsy, and even the young faces were old.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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