dustpan and brush

dustpan and brush

English

Noun

dustpan and brush (plural dustpans and brushes or dustpan and brushes)

1. A matching dustpan and brush, manufactured and sold as a single item, and often fitting together (typically made from brass if for use with a coal fire, or of plastic for general domestic use).
   • 1910 August-September, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer‎, Harper's Magazine:

     As my tone admitted of no excuses, he said, “Yes, sir,” and ran off to fetch his dustpan and brushes.

Translations

set of matching brush and pan for housework

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rikkalapio ja -harja, rikkalapio ja rikkaharja German: Schaufel und Besen, Handfeger und Schaufel, Handfeger und Kehrblech, Kehrset n Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• fireside set