frowstn.
/fraʊst/, U.S. /fraʊst/ colloquial.
1. At Harrow School: see quots.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > bedtime or time spent in bed > specific
bed-sabbath1684
frowst1880
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > armchair > other armchairs
great chair1749
porter's chair1806
sleepy-hollow chair1820
roundabout1834
Glastonbury chair1853
frowst1905
club chair1919
carver1927
1880 Hugh Russell at Harrow 12 Can't you let a fellow take his frowst the very second morning?
1880 Hugh Russell at Harrow Gloss. Frowst, extra time in bed on Sundays, saints' days and whole holidays.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill v. 113 Lying in bed in the morning when there is no First School is a ‘frowst’. By a subtle law of association, an armchair is also a ‘frowst’.
1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 60 Ruding..looked right down on me in my old ‘froust’, as we called arm-chairs.
2. The close and fusty air of a room, etc., which is over-warm or over-crowded and without adequate ventilation.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > oppressive heat > and close
vapour bath1800
stuffiness1859
frowst1907
1907 ‘J. Halsham’ Lonewood Corner 130 For the manufacture of froust trust the elementary schools!
1921 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 453/1 Poor Colin..had to listen in candle-lit frowst [in a dug-out] to the banalities talked by the Brigadier.
1929 D. Coke Monkey Tree vii He liked the cheap room and its genial frowst.
1946 H. Croome Faithless Mirror 70 Inside, a magnificently fruity frowst greeted them, strongly flavoured with wood smoke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
frowstfroustv.
/fraʊst/, U.S. /fraʊst/ ? dialect.
intransitive. To take pleasure in staying in a warm, close, ‘fuggy’ atmosphere.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > be hot [verb (intransitive)] > have or get the sensation of heat > remain in hot or close place
stew1671
frowst1884
stuff1927
1884 Standard 5 May 4/4 A generation that frousts over the fire.
1889 B. Whitby Awakening Mary Fenwick II. 182 I hate..frowsting over a fire.
Derivatives
ˈfrowster n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > oppressive heat > and close > one who takes pleasure in
frowster1917
1917 ‘I. Hay’ Carrying On iii. 68 In winter it is much warmer below the earth than upon its surface, and Thomas Atkins is the most confirmed ‘frowster’ in the world.
1929 ‘A. Berkeley’ Wychford Poisoning Case xxiii. 280 ‘Hallo, you frowsters!’ cried Sheila, bursting without warning into the room.
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