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Etymology
Middle English
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
#:On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. � Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, s:Crime and Punishment/Part I/Chapter I|Part I, Chapter 1, Constance Garnett translation.
Translations
Czech: podkrovà n
Finnish: ullakkohuone
Icelandic: háaloft n, ris n
Derived terms
like a cat in a strange garret
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