dusting

dusting
 n.— «Investigators say Barding, of Manito, and Stadsholt, of Green Valley, used a computer cleaner to inhale the drugs, a technique known as “dusting,” moments before the crash.» —“Jury: Driver’s death an accident, teens’ homicides” in Pekin Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.) Aug. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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