dustcloth
Americannoun
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dustclothsEtymology
Origin of dustcloth
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
First thing she did when she walked into her musty old office in Washington was to call for a dustcloth.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the top, two small pieces of dustcloth, cut into ears and glued in place.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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