word of the day: doss-house
Another Britishism. Not going to be using it in America, I guess. But it’s pretty easy to get from context.
Probably it had once been the guard-room, when the turret formed part of a legitimate defensive stronghold. Now it looked more like a doss-house. Dirty blankets cumbered a floor otherwise littered with empty tins, despite the summer heat a charcoal-burning brazier threw off fuggy fumes; while upon a horsehair sofa with the stuffing coming out lolled a figure of definitely trampish, non-military aspect.
definition (Merriam-Webster): cheap rooming house or hotel
source:
The Turret
by Margery Sharp
illustrations by Garth Williams
1963. Little, Brown, & Co., Boston
2 comments:
"fuggy fumes"!
Good name for a punk band -- or maybe an emo band.
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