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Vinony

garret

noun

  1. Type of accomodation: a low-rent attic room
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪt/ / /ˈɡɛɹɪt/

name

Etymology: Variant of Garrett.

  1. A male given name.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.

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

    “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.”