Dust-ridden

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of or covered with dust.

    "As an author, you have not passed away “like a weaver’s shuttle,” and not one of your modest tomes is dust-ridden or smells of mortality."

Synonyms

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dusty

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"As an author, you have not passed away “like a weaver’s shuttle,” and not one of your modest tomes is dust-ridden or smells of mortality."

Etymology

From dust + ridden.

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