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draughty, a. (ˈdrɑːftɪ, -æ-) [f. draught n. + -y1.] 1. Abounding in draughts or currents of air.1846 A. Marsh Emilia Wyndham (L.), In this draughty comfortless room I waited. 1859 R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 123 A filmy shade that flutters and flickers in the draughty breeze. ...
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draughty
draughty/ˈdrɑ:ftɪ; `dræftɪ/ (US drafty / ˈdræftɪ; `dræftɪ/)adj (-ier, -iest) with draughts of air blowing through 通风的; 有过堂风的; 有穿堂风的 It's terribly draughty in here. 这儿穿堂风大极了.
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Maes Knoll
Second World War
During the Second World War, a small, draughty, rectangular, corrugated-iron hut on the top of the tump sheltered two or more of Dundry's
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The Great Defector
The song was recorded in November 2008 in Ballycumber House, "a big, draughty, stately home... ...under the beady gaze of musty portraits of the Lords
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tamboo
▪ I. tamboo1 Mil. slang. (tæmˈbuː) Also tambu. [ad. Pers., Hindi tambū tent.] In the war of 1914–18, a temporary rough shelter in a trench.1916 Sphere 19 Feb. 188 b/1 The ‘Tamboo’, as the sleeping apartment [in a dug-out] is called. 1918 W. Owen Let. 28 Sept. (1967) 579 Am still sitting on straw und...
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Parnall Pike
Naval test pilots who flew it there were not enthusiastic about its handling, described as sluggish, nor about its cockpit which they found cold and draughty
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Herbert Hodge
Hodge's autobiography, It's Draughty In Front, was published in 1938. He stood for the New Party in Limehouse at the 1931 General Election.
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drafty
† ˈdrafty, a. Obs. [ In several places drafty is a proved misprint or misreading for drasty, ‘of the nature of refuse, dreggy’, and possibly the whole word originated in such misreading, which it was subsequently attempted to explain by association with draff or with draught n. 45, 46: see draughty ...
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BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0
The loudest complaint was about the draughty and dirty footplate.
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Brakeman's cabin
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Working in brakeman's cabins was dangerous, especially in winter because the cabins were unheated and draughty and there was little room to move around
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scriptorium
‖ scriptorium (skrɪpˈtɔərɪəm) Pl. scriptoria, -iums. [med.L. f. L. script-, scrībĕre to write: see -orium.] A writing-room; spec. the room in a religious house set apart for the copying of manuscripts.1774 T. West Antiq. Furness Expl. Ground Plan, H, the chapter-house, over which were the library an...
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Operation Blackcurrant
The job was uncomfortable for the submarine crews involved as it required them to work in cold and draughty conditions as the submarines' diesel engines
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Stefano Ittar
of architectural judgement leading to structural problems with the library; however, while the profusion of vast windows make the library a cold and draughty
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Giacinta Toso
Premature end of singing career
Her career came to a premature end when, after a performance, she had to wait in the pouring rain at the draughty entrance
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