06-24-2009, 05:42 PM
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Not scared!
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Dust?
To dust a table is to remove dust, to dust a doughnut with sugar is to add 'dust'. Same word, totally opposite meanings.
I somehow doubt that this is the one you are after, but it kind of works.
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Originally Posted by Patricia
Also "dust", which can mean (a) to remove dust ("he dusted the sitting room"); or (b) to add dust ("she dusted herself with talcum powder").
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Ahem,
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