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Definition of Draughtiest
1. draughty [adj] - See also: draughty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draughtiest
Literary usage of Draughtiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Tour in the United States, Canada and Mexico by Winefred Howard of Glossop (1897)
"... where I had the pleasure of waiting in the draughtiest and iciest of waiting
rooms, the thermometer having dropped to 12 degrees below zero, ..."
2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1879)
"... to say that of all the dreary, draughty, and desolate railway-stations in
Great Britain and Ireland, Didcot Junction is the dreariest, draughtiest, ..."
3. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"... and administering to him twenty grains of quinine —he asked for it strong—we
turned in to try and snatch a few hours rest in the very draughtiest ..."
4. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1889)
"... draughtiest and most uncomfortable description for the bleak climate at that
altitude, it being made of rattan and small palm leaves—the only material ..."
5. Persia and Turkey in Revolt by David Fraser (1910)
"... coldest, and draughtiest place I have ever known. Outside, two sulphur springs
supplied water which the local sheep seemed glad enough to drink, ..."
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