dustpan and brush

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Noun

dustpan and brush (plural dustpans and brushes or dustpan and brushes)

  1. A matching dustpan and brush, manufactured and sold as a single item, and often fitting together (typically made from brass if for use with a coal fire, or of plastic for general domestic use).
    • 1910 August-September, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer, Harper's Magazine:
      As my tone admitted of no excuses, he said, “Yes, sir,” and ran off to fetch his dustpan and brushes.

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