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littered

adjective B2
  1. Covered in litter
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“It had been used for the storage of wood, but the billets, which had evidently been littered over the floor, were now piled at the sides, so as to leave a clear space in the middle.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
The carpet round his chair was littered with cigarette-ends and with the early editions of the morning papers.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 54 · C1
This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with countless bottles.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 6 · B2
It was littered with books and papers, and was evidently used as a study.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 32 · B2

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