Fust
[fʌst]
Definition
(n.) A strong, musty smell; mustiness.
(v. i.) To become moldy; to smell ill.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mustiness, mould, mildew.
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Definition
n. the shaft of a column.
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Examples
- But the fust was put underneath the door, and this come by the post, day afore yesterday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That and to get a writing to be fust-hand Lock Keeper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I've been a-chivied and a-chivied, fust by one on you and nixt by another on you, till I'm worritted to skins and bones. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'll see you--' Mr. Weller hastily checked himself, and added in a low tone, 'furder fust. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- AMY CURTIS MARCH Dear Mis March, I jes drop a line to say we git on fust rate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But none of us in the house have liked her except at fust. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Fust I'll tie the rope t' th' mast an' then t' th' beach, an' you two kin skip along like monkeys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wos married fust, that vay myself, Sir, and Sammy wos the consekens o' the manoover. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And wrote inside, “From a true friend,” like the fust. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Jo doos beat all for goin ahead, but she don't stop to cal'k'late fust, and you never know where she's like to bring up. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now, then, fust cab! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I went into the wrong shop, fust, last Thursday,' said Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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