dustcloth
Americannoun
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dustcloths
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Origin of 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
She had a horror of untidiness: an English friend describes how she impatiently snatched a dustcloth from a shiftless amah one day and dusted a whole room, exclaiming against dirt.
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
One cold afternoon Mrs. Little was shaking her dustcloth out of the window when she noticed a small bird lying on the windowsill, apparently dead.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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 Grace Brooks Hill
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 Scott Nearing
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