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▪ I. frowst, froust, v. ? dial.|fraʊst|
[Of unknown origin; see frowst n. 1.]
intr. To take pleasure in staying in a warm, close, ‘fuggy’ atmosphere. Hence ˈfrowster.
1884Standard 5 May 4/4 A generation that frousts over the fire. 1889B. Whitby Awakening M. Fenwick II. 182, I hate..frowsting over a fire. 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.
▪ II. frowst, n. colloq.|fraʊst|
Also froust.
[Back-formation from frowsty a.]
1. At Harrow School: see quots.
1880Hugh Russell at Harrow 12 Can't you let a fellow take his frowst the very second morning? Ibid., Gloss., Frowst, extra time in bed on Sundays, saints' days and whole holidays. 1905H. 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’. 1923Galsworthy 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.
1907‘J. Halsham’ Lonewood Corner 130 For the manufacture of froust trust the elementary schools! 1921Blackw. Mag. Apr. 453/1 Poor Colin..had to listen in candle-lit frowst [in a dug-out] to the banalities talked by the Brigadier. 1929D. Coke Monkey Tree vii, He liked the cheap room and its genial frowst. 1946H. Croome Faithless Mirror 70 Inside, a magnificently fruity frowst greeted them, strongly flavoured with wood smoke. |