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Duster   /dˈəstər/   Listen
noun
duster  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. Specifically:
(a)
(Paper Making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
(b)
(Milling) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
(c)
A dustcloth or a brush used for removing dust from objects or surfaces.
2.
A long light overgarment; specifically
(a)
A light over-garment, formerly worn when traveling in open vehicles to protect the clothing from dust. (U.S.)
(b)
A light housecoat worn by women.
(c)
A light overcoat worn by women, often having no lining.
3.
A device for spreading a powder, especially one for spreading insecticide on plants.
4.
(Baseball) A pitch intentionally thrown by a pitcher directly at or very close to the batter, intended to make the batter stand further away from home plate; also called a dust-back pitch or a dust-back.
5.
A dust storm.





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"Duster" Quotes from Famous Books



... Ainsworth's gift in his ever-present note-book. Catherine, looking about her, soon found herself unable to restrain her housewifely fingers. She was busily sweeping the dust off the big table with a dilapidated feather duster, and putting the papers into trim piles when the door opened and Judge Arthur, little and weazened and ...
— The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted • Katharine Ellis Barrett
... made from the brush of an ox tail. Nail this on a short piece of broomstick and square ends of hair with scissors. This duster is used instead of beating the plumage with the hand and does the work much quicker and better. When the dusting is done turn the skin inside out again (see Fig. 2) and brush arsenic-water into all inner surfaces, then turn ...
— Taxidermy • Leon Luther Pray
... heart. There are lives sown in out of the way places, and carelessly passed by as weeds, whose blossom angels might stoop to wear in the whiteness of their own pure breasts. Oh, to rid the world of its shams! To sweep away the "Chadbands" with a feather duster, as the new girl removes dust; to open the windows and shoo away the traitors as one drives flies, to hoe out society plats as one hoes garden beds, and thin out the flaunting weeds so that the lilies may find room to grow; to turn the strong light of ...
— A String of Amber Beads • Martha Everts Holden
... in the first, hunting the "hin," or anything, and one of the little boys took the part of the hen, with the help of a feather duster. The bell rang, ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 • Various
... she had prepared for the other baby; nor did the stitches appear so careful and minute, though Jane's worst enemy, if she had any, could not have accused her of putting bad work even into the hem of a duster, let alone a baby's frock. He also noticed that, industriously as she worked at the lavender print, her ardour was not sufficient to last beyond bedtime, and that, when the clock struck ten, her work ...
— Zoe • Evelyn Whitaker


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