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cropduster

noun

Etymology

From crop + duster.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. inherited from *dustą✻
  3. inherited from dūst
  4. inherited from dust
  5. suffixed as duster — “dust + er”
  6. compounded as cropduster — “crop + duster”

Definitions

  1. An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.

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

  2. A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA