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

Don’t use a feather duster or anything similar that stirs up dust, Filippelli said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

If you’re using a feather duster or dry cloth to get rid of dust, you will just be repositioning it or moving the dust into the air.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 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

I went into the living room where Wong Sze-Fu was dusting the furniture with a feather duster.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz