Garret
['gærət;-ɪt] or ['ɡærət]
Definition
(n.) A turret; a watchtower.
(n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attic, loft, cock-loft, upper story.
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Definition
n. (Shak.) a watch-tower: a room next the roof of a house.—p.adj. Garr′eted provided with garrets: lodged in a garret.—ns. Garreteer′ one who lives in a garret: a poor author; Garr′et-mas′ter a cabinet-maker locksmith &c. working on his own account for the dealers.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of climbing to a garret, denotes your inclination to run after theories while leaving the cold realities of life to others less able to bear them than yourself. To the poor, this dream is an omen of easier circumstances. To a woman, it denotes that her vanity and sefishness{sic} should be curbed.
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Examples
- She made me sleep in her room; and I had to put it away off in a little kind o' garret, and thar it cried itself to death, one night. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Instantly, silently, before my eyes, it vanished; so did the curtain and alcove: all that end of the garret became black as night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He groped his way up, he entered the garret, he found Evadne stretched speechless, almost lifeless on her wretched bed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No garret, no shoemaking, no One Hundred and Five, North Tower, now! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But inside, it was altogether charming, and the happy bride saw no fault from garret to cellar. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You will set me down as a species of tyrant and Bluebeard, starving women in a garret; whereasafter all, I am no such thing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She had a little room in the garret, where the maids heard her walking and sobbing at night; but it was with rage, and not with grief. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Was this gentleman near me in this dim garret, John Graham--Dr. Bretton himself? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For the three first days of our inhabiting this garret, we really ran the risk of being starved, as it was impossible to procure any attendance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I withdrew from my scanty dinner to my cheap garret-chamber to secure myself a little quiet, and to think undisturbed of Laura and Marian. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As for Jos, even in that little interview in the garret at the Elephant Inn, she had found means to win back a great deal of his good-will. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Happily I slipped away, and deposited that part of my conscience in my garret bedroom. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I rushed up garret when the letter came, and tried to thank god for being so good to us, but I could only cry, and say, I'm glad! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In squalid garret, on Monday morning Maternity awakes, to hear children weeping for bread. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But come, we may as well go up garret; I've got a stock of candles there, and some books to pass away the time. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- One or two of the old properties were drawn out of the garrets, where they had lain ever since, and furbished up anew for the present festivities. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Four bed-rooms and two garrets formed the rest of the house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The servants retreated into the garrets, with many a cry and shriek. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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