draughty

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Supposing the rooms are draughty -- I HATE a draught myself -- where's Toad?

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  • Old houses were often so sadly draughty, but in this case there was nothing to complain about. —  Vanishing Point - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 24: 1953
  • Ray was always to remember her remarking that she considered it draughty, and that changes in the weather were more noticeable than they were in a town. —  The Ivory Dagger - Patricia WentworthMiss Silver 19
  • Terrible draughty, all these stone passages, and the street door standing open. —  Lonesome Road - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 03: 1939
  • It was raining hard by now and the dreary little station yard was empty except for a deserted and draughty-looking taxi. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
  • The meeting-house was cold and   draughty, and the seats, with their straight backs, were oh, so   hard. —  Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions
 

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