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dusty

/ˈdʌsti/ adjective B1
  1. Covered with dust. · a dusty carpet
  2. Powdery and resembling dust.
  3. Grey or greyish. · a dusty peach color
  4. Old; outdated; stuffily traditional. (figuratively)
  5. Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse). (slang)

Comparative dustier · Superlative dustiest

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The dusty roads go up and down
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
Dusty and dim are the eyes of the miller,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 8 · C1
COME up here, O dusty feet!
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1
With the sweet, the dim, the dusty air,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 12 · C1

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