duster
n.— «The Ohio Oil company has drilled in a duster in a test on the M. Colter farm, section 35.» —“Running River of Oil Fills Ohio Ditches” Times-Democrat (Lima, Ohio) Sept. 10, 1906. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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