Dustin

[ duhs-tin ]

/ ˈdʌs tɪn /

noun

a male given name.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

Question 1 of 10

decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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And Dustin Ares notes better communication has been working.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, we get a two-hour therapy session from Dustin Diamond.
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Twenty-five years ago, people thought Dustin Diamond was cute.
'Saved by the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Doesn't Want to Be a Jerk Anymore|Kevin Fallon|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Neither Dustin Diamond nor Tom Sizemore gained much respect after the release of their respective sex tapes.
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The Smithy character, played by Dustin Ybarra, is so cartoonish as to be off-putting rather than gleefully adolescent.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows|Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Dustin received fifty pounds reward for those scalps, besides a present from the governor of Maryland, who admired her pluck.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
The Mobile agent, Dustin, would not make a decision in disputed cases because he was afraid of appeal to Washington.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama|Walter L. Fleming
Sure and that's like my mother tellin' me dustin' and dishwashin' was my two first steps.
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys|Gulielma Zollinger
There's an awful lot of sweepin' and dustin' to be done afore it's fit for a body to live in.
Keziah Coffin|Joseph C. Lincoln
The Indians entered the house, dragged Mrs. Dustin from the bed, and seized the nurse.
Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880|Various

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