Landladyish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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