dust louse (dustlous)

An insect of the genus Psocus or family Psocid a. dustman (dust'man), n.; pl. dustmen (-men). 1. One whose employment is the removal of dust, rubbish, or garbage.-2. The genius of sleep in popular sayings and folklore: so named because the winking and eye-rubbing of a sleepy child are as if he had dust in his eyes. Running or flying dustman, a man who removed dust from dust-holes, without license, for the sake of what he could pick out of it. [Eng.] At Marl borough Street one day early in November, 1837, two of the once celebrated fraternity known as Mying dustmen" were charged with having emptied a dusthole in Frith Street, without leave or licence of the contractor. Quoted in First Year of a Silken Reign , pp. 78, 79. dustoori (dus-töʻri), n. Same as dasturi . dust-pan (dust'pan), n. A utensil for collecting and removing dust brushed from the floor, furniture, etc. dust-point (dust'point), n. An old rural game, probably the same as push-pin. At dust - point or at quoits. We to nine holes fall, Drayton, Muse's Elysium, vi. Then let him be more manly; for he looks Like a great school-boy that had been blown up Last night at dust - point . Beau, and Fl . , Captain, iii. 3. dust-prig (dust'prig), n. A dust-hole thief; one who filched from dust-bins. [Eng.] The days of "dusting on the sly" seem to be rapidly pa ing away. The transportation of the renowned Bob Bonner, first of dust - prigs , added to the great fall in breeze, have caused this consummation. Quoted in First Year of a Silken Reign , p. 79. dust-pr dust-prigging (dust'prig'ing), n. Filching or stealing from dust-bins. [Eng.] In the palmy days of dust - prigging , [men] fearle ly encountered the perils of To thill Fields and the treadmill in pursuit of their unlawful vocation. Quoted in First Year of a Silken Reign , p. 79.