cropduster

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noun

An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.

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Meanings

nouncropduster (plural cropdusters)

plural cropdusters · alternative crop duster

  1. An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.

    If Cary Grant ran by, chased by a malevolent cropduster, you might not be surprised.

    2007 May 27, John Anderson, “Blood and Crashes? Sounds Like Lynch”, in New York Times
  2. A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.

Origin

From crop + duster.

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APA

cropduster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cropduster

MLA

“cropduster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cropduster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cropduster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cropduster.

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