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[ duhst-pan ] / ˈdʌstˌpæn /
nouna short-handled shovellike utensil into which dust is swept for removal. Origin of dustpanFirst recorded in 1775–85; dust + pan1 Words nearby dustpandust mite, dust mop, dust mouse, dustoff, dustoor, dustpan, dustproof, dust ruffle, dustsheet, dust shot, dust storm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dustpanOne day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall. The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST This left her boss, the commander in chief, to hand his nine-iron to the caddy and grimly ask for broom and dustpan. Too Big to Succeed|Christopher Buckley|January 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST Three innocent craft smashed up because the housemaid left the dustpan on the stairs. Once Aboard The Lugger|Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson The Rehab is the violin of Palestine, and in appearance almost suggests to European eyes a dustpan and brush.
In sheer weariness she fell into a doze, and woke at the sound of dustpan and broom. The Return|Walter de la Mare This was supported on the one side by a dustpan and brush, on the other by a pair of elastic-sided boots. The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies|Frank Worthington For clearly the leader-writer of the Dustpan was a bolder and more martial man. Waiting for Daylight|Henry Major Tomlinson
British Dictionary definitions for dustpan
nouna short-handled hooded shovel into which dust is swept from floors, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |