Fug


[fuhg] /fʌg/

noun
1.
stale air, especially the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.
/fʌɡ/
noun
1.
(mainly Brit) a hot, stale, or suffocating atmosphere
n.

“thick, close, stuffy atmosphere,” 1888.

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