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frowster

frowster noun: one who frowsts; one who prefers to stay indoors where it is warm and cosy.

Noun

frowster (plural frowsters)

  1. One who frowsts; one who prefers to stay indoors where it is warm and cosy.
    • These were people who hid in dark locker rooms rather than go outside into the healthy, sometimes forty below, air. Frowsters were not punished, but shamed into going outside.2005, John W. Childs, Ramblings of a Rolling Stone, page 75

Forms of frowster

pluralfrowsters

Origin of frowster

From frowst + -er.

Questions about frowster

What does frowster mean?
Frowster means one who frowsts; one who prefers to stay indoors where it is warm and cosy.
What part of speech is frowster?
Frowster is a noun.
What is the plural of frowster?
The plural of frowster is frowsters.

Words near frowster in the dictionary

  1. frowsiest
  2. frowsily
  3. frowsing
  4. frowst
  5. frowsted
  6. frowster
  7. frowsters
  8. frowstier
  9. frowstiest
  10. frowstily
  11. frowstiness

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