feather duster
Example Sentences
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Don’t use a feather duster or anything similar that stirs up dust, Filippelli said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
On any given day, he might have worked on repainting a wall, fixing a pipe or using a feather duster to keep his exhibits looking sharp.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2021
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
The feather duster is a goose that lays golden eggs; the ladder, the tower from which Rapunzel lets down her hair; the curtain rod, a support for the dresses worn by Cinderella’s hardhearted Stepsisters.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2016
Madam Pince the librarian brandished a feather duster at him.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
