dustcloth
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First thing she did when she walked into her musty old office in Washington was to call for a dustcloth.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Never had such an understanding boss," said the chauffeur as he nicked a dustcloth over the Rolls-Royce convertible.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have dropped dustcloth and vacuum and hauled the children off to the new alleys, where fulltime nurses stand ready to baby-sit in the fully equipped nurseries.
From Time Magazine Archive
WINDOWS—A dustcloth applied by John Galsworthy to the cloudy philosophy of six variant individuals concerned with the redemption of a workhouse girl returned to civilization.
From Time Magazine Archive
She took a dustcloth and the vacuum and went into the living room.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
The beginners hem table cloths, napkins, towels, dustcloths, etc., for the school.
From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Nearing, Scott
After luncheon Ruth rummaged for brooms, brushes and dustcloths.
From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Hill, Grace Brooks
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