feather dusters
- plural of feather duster.
Example Sentences
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Torture-bench Note," or rather "Folio:"--"I have held out, this forenoon, through well-nigh as much as is possible; I have fought my course through besoms, feather-dusters, women's bonnets, and women's tongues.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
And there are other things in that list, such as feather-dusters and lamp-chimneys, that couldn't possibly last ten years.
From Rudder Grange by Stockton, Frank Richard
Look at the cloth-covered broom we are going to use for sweeping, no dust and no feather-dusters in this play-house.
From Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks by Farinholt-Jones, May
Show me the feather-dusters in war paint, and then I’ll take some stock in raids.
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
That was the reason why the fairy godmother had made the General-in-Chief take their guns away, and arm them with long feather-dusters.
From Christmas Every Day and Other Stories by Howells, William Dean
