atticky
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atticky (comparative more atticky, superlative most atticky)
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of an attic.
- 1922, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rough-hewn:
- […] with its nice atticky smell that no other house in the world had! It just fitted all around you, when you went in the door […]
- 1998, Maeve Brennan, The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin:
- She had no intention of giving up her flat, especially since her rent included the three little atticky rooms on the third floor, the top floor of the house […]
- 2008, Melissa J Delbridge, Family Bible:
- You'd think it might hold the scent of smoke, or an atticky perfume of mouse and moth-wing.