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dust·er

(dŭs′tər)

1. One that dusts, especially:

a. A cloth or brush used to remove dust.

b. A device for sifting or scattering a powdered substance.

a. A smock worn to protect one's clothing from dust.

b. A full-length coat, often slit up the back to the knees or waist, serving a similar purpose.

a. A loose dress-length housecoat.

b. A light, loose, usually three-quarter-length top, often worn over a blouse or as part of a set with pants.

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duster

(ˈdʌstə)

1. (Textiles) a cloth used for dusting furniture, etc. US name: dust cloth

2. (Agriculture) a machine for blowing out dust over trees or crops

3. a person or thing that dusts

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dust•er

(ˈdʌs tər)

n.

1. a person or thing that removes or applies dust.

2. a cloth, brush, etc., for removing dust.

3. a lightweight knee-length housecoat.

4. an apparatus or device for sprinkling dust, powder, insecticide, or the like.

5. crop duster

a. a long lightweight overcoat, worn esp. in the early days of automobiles to protect clothing from dust.

b. a loose-fitting lightweight coat for women.

[1570–80]

Duster

1. An implement for blowing insecticide powder over a growing crop.

2. Originally a long, lightweight coat worn to protect the rest of the clothes from dust and often worn when driving early open automobiles over dirt roads. Later, a woman’s dress-length housecoat.

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Noun	1.	duster - a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years" dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco windstorm - a storm consisting of violent winds
	2.	duster - a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles dust coat, gaberdine, smock, gabardine coverall - a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing
	3.	duster - a piece of cloth used for dusting dustcloth, dustrag piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
	4.	duster - a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter pitch, delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Translations

مِنْفَضَة غُبار

prachovkahadrhadr na prachmetař

støveklud

Staublappen StaubtuchStaubwischer

chiffon torchon

porrongyportörlő

afòurrkunarklútur

straccio per spolverare

støveklut

handra na prach

krpa za prah

toz bezi

抹布

duster

[ˈdʌstəʳ] N

1. (= cloth for dusting) → trapo m; (for blackboard) → borrador m
feather duster → plumero m

2. (US) (= housecoat) → guardapolvo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

duster

[ˈdʌstə^r] n → chiffon m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

duster

→ Staubtuch nt; (Sch) → (Tafel)schwamm m

(Naut) → Schiffsflagge ? red duster

(US: also duster coat) → Kittel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

duster

[ˈdʌstəʳ] n (cloth) → straccio per la polvere; (for blackboard) → cancellino, cimosa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dust

(dast) noun

1. fine grains of earth, sand etc. The furniture was covered in dust.

2. anything in the form of fine powder. gold-dust; sawdust.

verb

to free (furniture etc) from dust. She dusts (the house) once a week.

ˈduster noun

a cloth for removing dust.

ˈdusty adjective

a dusty floor.

ˈdustiness noun

dustbin (ˈdasbin) noun

(American ˈgarbage-can or ˈtrash-can) a container for household rubbish.

dust-jacket (ˈdasdʒӕkit) noun

the loose paper cover of a book.

dustman (ˈdasmən) noun

a person employed to remove household rubbish.

dustpan (ˈdaspӕn) noun

a type of flat container with a handle, used for holding dust swept from the floor.

ˈdust-up noun

a quarrel. There was a bit of a dust-up between the two men.

dust down

to remove the dust from with a brushing action. She picked herself up and dusted herself down.

throw dust in someone's eyes

to try to deceive someone.

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MISS MOPPET ties up her head in a duster, and sits before the fire.

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She liked to perambulate the room with a duster in her hand, with which she stopped to polish the backs of already lustrous books, musing and romancing as she did so.

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Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again.

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In the office he wore also a linen duster with huge pockets into which he continually stuffed scraps of paper.

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Bishopriggs turned himself about on his gouty feet; waved his duster gently in the air; and looked at Anne, with a mild, paternal smile.

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She laid by the brush and took up the duster; and if you had ever lived in Mrs.

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Mrs Nubbles ironed away in silence for a minute or two, and coming to the fireplace for another iron, glanced stealthily at Kit while she rubbed it on a board and dusted it with a duster, but said nothing until she had returned to her table again: when, holding the iron at an alarmingly short distance from her cheek, to test its temperature, and looking round with a smile, she observed:

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Beverley picked up a duster and began slowly to sweep the floor with it.

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Do you really think that I would leave the place in such a state that the first person who came in with a duster would see that there had been a robbery?"

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'I see how it is,' said poor Noggs, drawing from his pocket what seemed to be a very old duster, and wiping Kate's eyes with it, as gently as if she were an infant.

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Of course she won't pick up anything after herself; she probably never see a duster, and she'll be as hard to train into our ways as if she was a heathen."

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She had reason to suspect that Chailey had been balancing herself on the top of a ladder with a wet duster during their absence, and the room had never been quite like itself since.

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