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She spat into her dustrag and began polishing the window.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“Mr. Pinkerton was impressed by what he calls your ‘mastery of disguise’ in both the fortune-teller case and the Maroney adventure,” Aunt Kitty said, her hand slowly running a dustrag over the long fireplace mantel.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Aunt Kitty set her dustrag on the table and went to fetch her bonnet and bag.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

He carried a dustrag in one hand, and an expression of extreme discontent was on his freckled face.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

Over to the right is the Hall of Pedagogy where your affectionate grandson wields the broom and smears the dustrag, and the building beyond is the College.

From Ethel Morton at Chautauqua by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)