dustcloth
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Incidentally, about that hanky �you know, the star himself bought that hanky for 79� at Lamston 's just before opening when it turned out the prop man used the real thing as 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
First thing she did when she walked into her musty old office in Washington was to call for a dustcloth.
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
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