fousty a South Shore Phr Bk.
   1924 Deep Sea Fishers xxi (4), 139 Fowsty--Mouldy. 1984 POWELL 124 When [the hay] was put into the hold of the ship in the warm, it heated and went mouldy and fousty. 1988 PORTER 10 Shirley crouched down to look in the cupboard under the sink. 'Haven't we got any pot cleaners? Cripes, this place is fousty. There's even beetles crawlin' around down here.'

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