Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece of cloth used for wiping dust from objects or surfaces.
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- noun A
cloth used fordusting ; aduster .
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- noun a piece of cloth used for dusting
Etymologies
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Examples
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[She gets a large dustcloth which is lying folded on a shelf, and proceeds to spread it over the fine chair.
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As he was leaving the Friary after lunch, Neil was coming out of the chapel, a dustcloth and can of furniture polish in his hands.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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Standing there with her dustcloth in one hand, her mind on the past, Helen longed to touch it once more.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Standing there with her dustcloth in one hand, her mind on the past, Helen longed to touch it once more.
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Armed with a dustcloth, a can of furniture polish a roll of paper toweling, a bottle of glass cleaner, and the vacuum that she had herself given Mara as a housewarming gift six years before, she set to work in the low orange glow of the evening sun, polishing the table in the front foyer, wiping down the mirror above it, polishing the swirling mahogany bannister, vacuuming the stair runner.
Broken Symmetry Angela Brett 2010
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Obviously, I find this a small price to pay for such a nice dustcloth ;-.
A cleaning phenom... Gumbo Lily 2010
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Invite them over, hand them a dustcloth, and just surround them with acceptance and love.
One Simple Act Debbie Macomber 2009
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I wasn't that stupid, but I took the dustcloth anyway.
50x365 #310: Melanie 2008
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I wasn't that stupid, but I took the dustcloth anyway.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper, etc and then run a dustcloth over the tables.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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