[
UK
/dˈʌstpæn/
]
NOUN
- a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept
- the quantity that a dustpan will hold
How To Use dustpan In A Sentence
- Same idea with little brush and dustpan (I ended up with 3 sets, each one with name of the place they must to go back to). La question mille francs - French Word-A-Day
- He grimaced as he noted the shattered glass by the mantelpiece, and moved to the kitchen to find a dustpan and brush.
- After 10 minutes of pointed bashing about with a dustpan and brush, the nice guy next door came in.
- I forgot the word "dustpan" because I needed to get one and so I wrote "broom thingie" on my shopping list Miss-k2 Diary Entry
- Residents of the hall closet - feather dusters, fly swatters and dustpans - all wait their turn to perform.
- Hence, two people of brothers take broom and dustpan, arriving veranda uping to sweep sunlight.
- Shuffling penitentially on your knees, bending and scraping with dustpan and brush while vicious pine needles perforate your kneecaps...it's almost enough to make you feel like Christmas might, in a twisted way, be the descendent of some sort of primitive religious festival. After the Binge Must Come the Purge
- She slid open the doors of her kitchen and walked into it once more grabbing the dustpan and brush once more.
- As they have done for the past 20 years, Joe will be wrapping the broom and dustpan this month at his Greensboro, N.C., home, and sending them off to Harry to use at his house in Nags Head, N.C. Next year, Joe gets them back. Happy (Awkward) Holidays
- Bending, Von swept the pieces of dark glass into the plastic dustpan. Etched in Bone