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 Translation for 'feather duster' from English to Swedish
NOUN   a feather duster | feather dusters
dammvippa {u}feather duster
fjäder {u}feather
strutsfjäder {u}ostrich feather
tek.
spont {u}
feather [carpentry joint]
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Usage Examples English
  • Sonya worked in a feather-duster factory throughout her teenage years, making four dollars each week.
  • "Bispira brunnea", the social feather duster or cluster duster, is a species of marine bristleworm.
  • Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae.
  • The Sabellid polychaetes, or feather duster worms, have cartilage tissue with cellular and matrix specialization supporting their tentacles.
  • House dust can become airborne easily. Care is required when removing dust to avoid causing the dust to become airborne. A feather duster tends to agitate the dust so it lands elsewhere.

  • The "feather-duster" flowering heads make ideal nesting sites for many social species of birds.
  • They head for home and Amy's mannequin friends wishes her the best of luck in her new life, while the store detective is awakened by Philomena using her magic feather duster.
  • In the beginning, he is portrayed as rather arrogant looked upon as a lightweight by opponents (they mock his initials FDR as standing for feather duster).
  • A feather duster is a cleaning tool that is typically made from a wooden dowel handle onto which feathers are wound with a wire.
  • For many piano finishes, dust is better removed with a feather duster or a vacuum cleaner rather than a cloth, to minimize the abrasive effect of the dust.

  • Similar to a feather duster, it is not to be confused with an ōnusa.
  • In Charles Addams's original cartoons, Lurch is often seen accompanying the rest of the Family, sometimes carrying a feather-duster.
  • The Plymouth version was the Feather Duster.
  • Schematron was invented by Rick Jelliffe while at Academia Sinica Computing Centre, Taiwan. He described Schematron as "a feather duster to reach the parts other schema languages cannot reach".
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