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
Lupita Nyong’o has arrived wearing the loveliest full-body snow-white feather duster, from which Lakeith Stanfield is cautiously withdrawing his fingertips.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2019
He flailed about with the feather duster and went straight to bed, as if doing so would hasten the morning’s arrival.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
