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
There's another factor working in Steely Dan's favor to wipe out any would-be mustiness here, and that's the fact that almost none of the material from the band's 1972-80 life span sounds dated.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
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
Olanna could smell the mustiness on her wrapper; it must have been dug out from an ancient trunk for this occasion.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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