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sawdusting

sawdusting is the present participle and gerund of sawdust.

Meaning of sawdust

Verb

sawdust (third-person singular simple present sawdusts, present participle sawdusting, simple past and past participle sawdusted)

  1. (transitive) To sprinkle with sawdust.
    • […] the raking out of yesterday's fire, the kindling of to-day's under the collegiate boiler, the filling of that Spartan vessel at the pump, the sweeping and sawdusting of the common room, and other such preparations.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 65

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Questions about sawdusting

What is sawdusting the present participle and gerund of?
Sawdusting is the present participle and gerund of sawdust.

Words near sawdusting in the dictionary

  1. sawdust joints
  2. sawdust pudding
  3. sawdust trail
  4. sawdust trails
  5. sawdusted
  6. sawdusting
  7. sawdustish
  8. sawdustlike
  9. sawdusts
  10. sawdusty
  11. Sawdy

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