Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a dry mop for dusting floors.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a dry swab for dusting floors

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Examples

  • Whatta Good Dog, I have always felt having a dog about is essential for anyone who lives in a rural area, I mean a real Dog sized dog, not like an animated dustmop or some other gerbil sized canid.

    Golden Retriever Thwarts Cougar Attack in B.C. 2010

  • Whatta Good Dog, I have always felt having a dog about is essential for anyone who lives in a rural area, I mean a real Dog sized dog, not like an animated dustmop or some other gerbil sized canid.

    Golden Retriever Thwarts Cougar Attack in B.C. 2010

  • Of course, to make it all the more funny, there were pics on the big screen of these two pets - the shaggy little dustmop of a dog looking all excited, while the gray tabby cat had a look of total disinterest, as in "Are you done yet?"

    Definition Please 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • I know you mean well but an inscribed copy of the book is like getting a dustmop for Christmas.

    Archive 2006-06-25 Miss Snark 2006

  • He ran the dustmop around the edges and flicked a duster half-heartedly over several table-tops.

    The Cat Who Went Underground Braun, Lilian Jackson 1989

  • He is a little guy bout a hundrit pounds or so, an has hair like a dustmop an wears a lot of beads aroun his neck an is settin on the floor when we get to their apartment, meditatin like a guru.

    Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986

  • The next morning, Maggie was dusting the furniture in the living room while Ruth ran the dustmop over the tiled floor.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

  • For a second or so only, before she was again spinning in a series of pirouettes around him, encircling him—and swiping at him with her dustmop!

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

  • Her leotards were white, her pointes white too, and I was enthralled as she danced, wielding that dustmop like a sword to stab at old furniture that Bart and I had outgrown.

    If There Be Thorns V.C Andrews 1981

  • The next morning, Maggie was dusting the furniture in the living room while Ruth ran the dustmop over the tiled floor.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

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