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dusty

/ˈdʌsti/ noun C2
  1. A medium-brown color.
  2. An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
  3. A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust). (informal)
  4. A supply petty officer. (slang)
  5. A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
  6. An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
  7. A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
  8. A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.

Plural dusties

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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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