dust catcher

American  

noun

1. Informal.  a knickknack or other household object that is little used.

2. a chamber in which dust is collected.

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Example Sentences

A 250-metre exclusion zone has been put in place for the levelling of the Redcar blast furnace, the casting houses, the dust catcher and conveyors.

From BBC

To check, turn the item over and remove a portion of the dust catcher beneath.

From Washington Post

The Ducks won the distinction of making the most deals in the final hours before Monday’s NHL trade deadline, if exchanging a dust catcher for a possibly slightly faster dust catcher six times is a victory.

From Los Angeles Times

I told the President that I didn't want to be chairman of a commission that was going to produce another dust catcher.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the instrument is a great dust catcher and seems to have been constructed with a perverse ingenuity so as to make it as difficult as possible to clean.

From Project Gutenberg