mustiness
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Open since 1980, Pioneer Book fills its two-level shop with used, signed and rare books, without a whiff of mustiness.
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2019
There's another factor working in Steely Dan's favor to wipe out any would-be mustiness here, and that's the fact that almost none of the material from the band's 1972-80 life span sounds dated.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2017
Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2016
Yech,” posted another, Julie M., who used a chamber in New York and wrote that she “couldn’t stand the mustiness after about 15 min so left early.”
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2015
I close my eyes and feel the cool, smell the mustiness of history, wood and walls, listen to the echoes of our shuffles and my memories.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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