Garret

/ˈɡæɹɪt/ · noun

Meaning

An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house..

Example Sentences

This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them.

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.

I was in the main garret, with huge beams and rafters over my head, great spaces around me, a door here and there in sight, and long vistas whose gloom was thinned by a few lurking cobwebbed windows and small dusky skylights.

While a boon to garret-living, financially struggling young musicians, the library has caught the attention of music publishers.

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