What does landladyish mean?
Landladyish means (rare) Suggesting or befitting a landlady..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Suggesting or befitting a landlady..
[…] as if someone had suddenly switched on a searchlight which filled every corner of the odd landladyish room with its aspidistra and baize cloth and the smoke and heat of the game.
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Landladyish means (rare) Suggesting or befitting a landlady..
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[…] as if someone had suddenly switched on a searchlight which filled every corner of the odd landladyish room with its aspidistra and baize cloth and the smoke and heat of the game.
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