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attic

[at-ik] / ˈæt ɪk /
NOUN
space under the roof of a house
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The charity runs three stores: The Pantry, The Attic and The Toy Chest, which opened earlier this year.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

While the work of their Attic cousins is celebrated for being high-minded and idealistic—all those ripped bodies, gods and goddesses—theirs, with its focus on everyday individuals and events, can be seen as prosaic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

What a moment for the baseball players at South Hills as they got some advice from Orel Hersisher on Dodgers Day at the Legends Attic in Claremont.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2024

“You can find locals dining outdoors at Natalia’s Cafe, an old school diner famous for its home-cooked breakfast, sipping merlot at Camas Cellars and perusing the ever-changing art at the Attic Gallery.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

It’s significant that the man who went on to shape the canons of Roman rhetoric did so having thoroughly digested the Attic tradition.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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