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dusty

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Adjective

  1. Covered with dust.
  2. Powdery and resembling dust.
  3. Grey or greyish.
  4. Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
  5. Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
  6. Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.

Noun

  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).
  4. A supply petty officer.
  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.
  9. A dustman.
  10. A duststorm.
  11. A clump of dust; a dust bunny.

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Dustin.
  2. a nickname for someone with the surname Miller

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