Synonyms for duster

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : duhs-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌs tər

Top 10 synonyms for duster

Other synonyms for the word duster

Définition of duster

Origin : 1570s, "dust brush for clothes," agent noun from dust (v.). Meaning "sifter" is from 1660s; that of "cloth worn to keep off dust" is from 1864.

As in brown : adj dark, burnished color
As in spray : noun fine mist
As in dust storm : noun dust- or sand-carrying windstorm

Example sentences :

He has all his housework there, a broom and a duster, and I dare say he has a cooking-stove and a gridiron.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Ilona in the best bedroom was busy as usual with duster and brush.
Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

She turned as she spoke, and busied herself with a duster where there was no need for it.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

He put on his hat and duster and he delivered the letter to Garcia.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

When I go near the rubbish with my duster he trembles like an aspen.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

She could see the chauffeur, in his duster and goggles, standing in the road, too.
Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe

He was a tall, spare man, and he preached in a long linen "duster."
Extract from : « When Life Was Young » by C. A. Stephens

She threw the duster on a chair, left the room and went to the kitchen.
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

A yawning maid was at work in one of the parlors with a duster.
Extract from : « The Girl from Sunset Ranch » by Amy Bell Marlowe

I found out that she bought a duster like the disguise the two men saw her in.
Extract from : « In the Carquinez Woods » by Bret Harte

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