Dust-out

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dustout.; dust cloud that impairs vision.

    "Wade will tell you the truck forced him off the road, but what really happened was that in the total dust-out after the truck passed (“I couldn't even see the speedo”), he turned early for the next corner, running off the road."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of dustout.; A prankster who misleads others.

    "Even then, shirkers and dust-outs must expect to answer to the law for thumbing their noses at the U.S."

  3. 3
    Cleanup.

    "The place needs a good dust-out."

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"Wade will tell you the truck forced him off the road, but what really happened was that in the total dust-out after the truck passed (“I couldn't even see the speedo”), he turned early for the next corner, running off the road."

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