dust-off
n.— «Everything I do in there just gives me that much more confidence on a dust-off.…It’s the same for every medic I work with.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s Health Jan. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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