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 Dustman has arrived (The),Dusty-foot. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dusty.
 
Well, it is none so dusty, or Not so dusty. I don’t call it bad; rather smart. Here dusty is the opposite of neat, and neat = spruce. “None so dusty” or “Not so dusty” means therefore, Not so unspruce, or rather smart.   1
 


 Dustman has arrived (The),Dusty-foot. 

 
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