Meaning
11 sensesA medium-brown color.
An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
(informal)A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
(slang)A supply petty officer.
A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
A dustman.
(rare)A duststorm.
(in the plural, possibly)A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
Examples
53 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivFrom Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English dūstiġ, dystiġ, dȳstiġ (“dusty”), equivalent to dust + -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
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