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Definition of Sawdusty
1. sawdust [adj] - See also: sawdust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawdusty
Literary usage of Sawdusty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"sawdusty (popular), cajoling, using flattering and soft words; probably same as
... Me doing the sawdusty reg'lar, and following swells on the stump.—Punch. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... drove here and Is a sawdusty kind of a sell, with no soul above parchment and
jaw. shoved there. Yah ! A Witness must be a job-lot if he ain't wuth a ..."
3. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1910)
"... bakes bread in his adopted land of such a sawdusty flavor and consistency that
the housewife with any standards as to what this staff of life should be ..."
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