Meanings
verbfeather-dust (third-person singular simple present feather-dusts, present participle feather-dusting, simple past and past participle feather-dusted)
present singular third person feather-dusts · participle present feather-dusting · participle past feather-dusted · past feather-dusted
- transitiveTo clean with a feather duster.
Origin
Back-formation from feather duster.
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feather-dust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feather-dust
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“feather-dust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feather-dust. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feather-dust,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feather-dust.
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