dustcloth

dustcloth
/dust"klawth', -kloth'/, n., pl. dustcloths /-klawdhz', -klodhz', -klawths', -kloths'/.
a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
[1720-30; DUST + CLOTH]

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