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frowsty

[frou-stee] / ˈfraʊ sti /


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Kids will continue to play and watch, drawn to the accoutred frowsty barn with its nets and stumps by family or school or the basic joy of bat and ball.

From The Guardian Mar. 30, 2013

In a frowsty office a man sits in front of a broken computer.

From The Guardian Jun. 16, 2012

I loved the frowsty look of my fellow-passengers, their faces creased by the ivory light, their clothes lying dishevelled on the dark red moquette.

From The Guardian May 24, 2012

An American girl student offers love and even to take care of his frowsty digs.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the house itself was quite different from the dark, frowsty, fish-smelling hut of Arsheesh and from the pillared and carpeted halls in the palaces of Tashbaan.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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