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dust caps

dust caps is the plural of dust cap.

Meaning of dust cap

Noun

dust cap (plural dust caps)

  1. Something worn to protect one from dust; a cover placed over something to keep off dust.
    • Ellen brought him one of her dust-caps, and went into contortions of mirth, which she found it impossible to control, when she saw him put it on before the mirror as grotesquely as he could.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening

Questions about dust caps

What is dust caps the plural of?
Dust caps is the plural of dust cap.

Words near dust caps in the dictionary

  1. dust bunnies
  2. dust bunny
  3. dust buster
  4. dust busters
  5. dust cap
  6. dust caps
  7. dust cart
  8. dust carts
  9. dust cloth
  10. dust cloths
  11. dust contractor

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