dusties

Noun

dusty (plural dusties)

1. A medium-brown color.
   • The orange shades ranged from brilliant to soft; pinks from delicate little-girl hues to strong dusties; yellows were soft buttermilks to ochre; reds ran from scarlets to bloods;1973, Vogue - Volume 162, page 210
2. An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
   • A lighter, less expensive version—The White Label—was taken off the market in 2016. But dusties can still be found.2018, Carlo DeVito, Big Whiskey, page 165
3. (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
   • I do not like to see too much strife between dusties on the short and long system question, as it is liable to cause hard feelings.1895, “Operatives Should Proceed to Organize”, in American Miller, volume 23, page 448
4. (slang) A supply petty officer.
   • The mess was so overcrowded that hammock-slinging space became the perks of the badgemen the “jack-dusties” invariably slept in their store-rooms and offices.1982, Ray Sturtivant, Fleet Air Arm at War, page 14
5. A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
   • In Los Angeles, listeners can tune in to KACE, the "dusties" station that plays music from the '50s, '60s and '70s;1995 June 3, Janine McAdams, “On the Radio”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 22, page 34
6. An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
   • United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations1973, In other words, he apparently wanted to shock people into action, action against his enemies, the "dusties" as he calls them., Agriculture-environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations...

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