garret window
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Some had purchased seats upon the housetops, and were already crawling to their stations from parapet and garret window.
From In Jail with Charles Dickens by Alfred Trumble
She stood by her open garret window, where a cage hung with a little linnet, which at that time had no water-glass, but had to content itself with a cup.
From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Mrs. (Anna S.) Bushby
He had awakened at four o'clock and had sprung eagerly to the little garret window facing the east, to see what sort of a day was being born.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Then, why should she have been so frightened by the fluttering figure seen—for only half a minute, or so—in the garret window of the old Corner House?
From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Grace Brooks Hill
I will begin by trying to show that very obvious movements are to be seen in every kitchen garden, or in every garret window, where a scarlet runner is grown for its red flowers’ sake.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin
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