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dust·ing  (dstng)
n.
1. A light sprinkling: sidewalks covered with a dusting of new snow.
2. Slang A beating or defeat: gave the bully a good dusting.
Translations
dusting [ˈdʌstɪŋ]
A. N
1. (= cleaning) → limpieza f
2. (= beating) → paliza f
3. (Culin) (= sprinkling) → espolvoreado m
B. CPD dusting powder N → polvos mpl secantes
dusting [ˈdʌstɪŋ] n → époussetage m
I hate dusting!
BUT Je déteste faire les poussières!.
to do the dusting → faire les poussières
dust jacket n [book] → jaquette f
dusting
n
→ Staubwischen nt; to do the dusting → Staub wischen; when I’ve finished the dusting → wenn ich mit Staubwischen fertig bin
(Cook etc: = sprinkling) → (Be)stäuben nt; a dusting of snow → eine dünne Schneedecke
dusting [ˈdʌstɪŋ]
1. n to do the dusting → spolverare
to give sth a dusting → dare una spolverata a qc
2. adj dusting powder → borotalco
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The gabled brick, tile, and freestone houses had almost dried off for the season their integument of lichen, the streams in the meadows were low, and in the sloping High Street, from the West Gateway to the mediaeval cross, and from the mediaeval cross to the bridge, that leisurely dusting and sweeping was in progress which usually ushers in an old-fashioned market-day.
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