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feather 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

The “hair” sprouting off this branch resembles a downy feather duster or fluffy tuft of cotton—maybe even fragments of a bad white wig.

From Scientific American • Dec. 7, 2021

As for tools, Zedd says, use whatever you have on hand: microfiber cloths with a spray of mild soap and water, baby wipes or a feather duster.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Unlike a pig’s curlicue or a raccoon’s striped feather duster, a scorpion’s tail also contains the arthropod’s intestine and ventral nerve cord, the invertebrate equivalent of a human spinal cord.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

To her ways of doing things — the way she rolled up the washcloths, the way she dusted with a feather duster.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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