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garret window

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noun

  1. a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof

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I shall study humanity from some lofty garret window among the stars.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

Mary Beck felt as if she were looking out of a very small and high garret window at a vast and surprising world.

From Betty Leicester A Story For Girls by Jewett, Sarah Orne

Through the small garret window she could see Rebecca moving in her room, preparing to go out.

From Tess of the Storm Country by White, Grace Miller

Tommy Rooney’s capture explained some of the mysterious happenings about the old Corner House, but he could not satisfy Ruth regarding the figure she had seen appear at the garret window.

From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Hill, Grace Brooks

If she could but reach Rudolph first she might help him to climb out of the garret window.

From America First by Greene, Frances Nimmo