dusting

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But she expressed a lack of faith in National Weather Service forecasts, especially after a significant snowfall Sunday night that the weather service described as a dusting even as it was piling up on streets.

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  1. noun A light sprinkling: sidewalks covered with a dusting of new snow.
  2. noun Slang A beating or defeat: gave the bully a good dusting.

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  • In the meantime, I have Dora and Jenny doing some little chores around here—vacuuming, dusting, and so forth. —  Paradise Lost
  • And I started scrubbing and dusting, and then I was humming at my work. —  Robin Hobb
  • Her busts of Shakespeare and Peter Jackson needed dusting, as did her three Oscars. —  Asimov'sSF,June2008
  • Trist's room had drawn care of the common room, so they had had the task of replenishing the firewood and kindling as well as sweeping, dusting, and setting the chairs at precise intervals around the study tables. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • My matching black velvet heels required, of all things, dusting, and I had to run out an hour before the party to buy panty hose without runs or pulls. —  EQMM,January2008
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dusting:   dust ·  dusts ·  dusted
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