mustiness
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Open since 1980, Pioneer Book fills its two-level shop with used, signed and rare books, without a whiff of mustiness.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2019
And the way they smelled, a lovely light powdered smell and the slight mustiness of mothballs, and hot chocolate and cheese biscuits.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2016
The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2014
There was a mustiness in the air, a hint of damp cellar, a whiff of stale sweat left behind by a rowdy congregation.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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