Landladyish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Suggesting or befitting a landlady. rare

    "[…] as if someone had suddenly switched on a searchlight which filled every corner of the odd landladyish room with its aspidistra and baize cloth and the smoke and heat of the game."

Example

More examples

"[…] as if someone had suddenly switched on a searchlight which filled every corner of the odd landladyish room with its aspidistra and baize cloth and the smoke and heat of the game."

Etymology

From landlady + -ish.

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