duster

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It’s an arresting image that signals the production’s bold, stylized approach to this canonical text, often treated as an antique that requires only a feather duster to be brought back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

She was dressed in a lacy white duster over slacks and T-shirt and her shoes were not meant for hiking.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Hankey even hired a crop duster to fly over half of his 30 acres to test whether the plane would move more pollen around in the air and improve fertilization.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022

“I hate this play and every word in it,” she says, before throwing down her duster like a mic drop.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Everybody knew that underneath Mama’s linen duster she had on mourning clothes, but she looked smart and stylish all the same.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns