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smothery

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smoth·er·y  (smth-r)
adj. Upper Southern U.S.
Confined. Used of a place: "Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't" (Mark Twain).


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No, Tom, I won't be rich, and I won't live in them cussed smothery houses.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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