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• fusty — adjective 1 if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been used for a long time 2 informal ideas or people that are fusty are old fashioned: These fusty ideas about education should be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fusty — [[t]fʌ̱sti[/t]] fustier, fustiest 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something or someone as fusty, you disapprove of them because they are old fashioned in attitudes or ideas. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand… …   English dictionary

• fusty — fus|ty [ˈfʌsti] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: fust wooden wine container (15 16 centuries), from Old French, from Latin fustis; FUSTIAN] 1.) if rooms, clothes, buildings etc are fusty, they have an unpleasant smell, because they have not been… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Michael Bentine — Born Michael James Bentin 26 January 1922(1922 01 26) Watford, Hertfordshire, England Died 26 November 1996( …   Wikipedia

• old fashioned — noun a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices • Hypernyms: ↑cocktail • Substance Meronyms: ↑whiskey, ↑whisky * * * (sometimes caps.) a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus… …   Useful english dictionary

• old´-fash´ioned|ly — old fash|ioned «OHLD FASH uhnd», adjective. 1. of an old fashion; out of fashion: »an old fashioned dress. The writing was old fashioned and rather uncertain, like that of an elderly lady (Charlotte Brontë). SYNONYM(S): out of date, fusty. 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• old-fash|ioned — «OHLD FASH uhnd», adjective. 1. of an old fashion; out of fashion: »an old fashioned dress. The writing was old fashioned and rather uncertain, like that of an elderly lady (Charlotte Brontë). SYNONYM(S): out of date, fusty. 2. keeping to old… …   Useful english dictionary