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Definition of Frowziest
1. frowzy [adj] - See also: frowzy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frowziest
Literary usage of Frowziest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1862 The foulest, frowziest creatures I have ever seen are thoroughbred Pikes.
— Theodore Winthrop, ' John Brent,' p. 10 (NY, 1876). ..."
2. Hospital Days by Jane Stuart Woolsey (1870)
"One of the frowziest of the " Invalids" was a devourer of everything Mr.
Simmer wrote. Files of the "Scientific American" were in demand. ..."
3. Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1915)
"Of the native contingent the person who appeared to be in direct charge was a
handsome, elderly lady, tenderly solicitous of the frowziest Turco in the ..."
4. The French Revolution by Charles MacFarlane (1845)
"He had written and published a variety of things in London, chiefly translations
or imitations of the frowziest works of the French revolutionary school. ..."
5. A Jay of Italy by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (1905)
"Though one be buried in a vault, there's that in the mere texture of daylight,
even if the thinnest and frowziest, to muffle the fine sense of hearing. ..."
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