dustpan
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dust·pan (dŭst'păn') 
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n.
A short-handled pan or scoop into which dust is swept.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
the quantity that a dustpan will hold
Synonym: dustpanful
Meaning #2:
a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept
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A dustpan is a cleaning utensil (also known as Dustpan and brush (UK)), commonly used in combination with a broom. The dustpan may appear to be a type of flat scoop. It is often hand held for home use, but industrial and commercial enterprises often use a hinged variety on the end of a stick to prevent the user from constantly stooping to use it.
Handheld dustpans may be used with either a full-size broom or with a smaller whisk broom or brush sometimes called a duster. This second combination may be sold as one unit.
It was invented by the American inventor T.E. McNeill in 1858 ([1])
Also, Lloyd P. Ray was the first negro to make improvements to the dust pan. In Aug 3, 1897, he received a patent # 587607 for a device with a wooden handle attached to a metal collection plate so that trash could be collected orderly.
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| Translations: Dustpan |
Nederlands (Dutch)
blik (stoffer en blik)
Français (French)
n. - pelle à poussière
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kehrblech
Italiano (Italian)
paletta per la spazzatura
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pá (f) de lixo
Русский (Russian)
совок для мусора
Español (Spanish)
n. - recogedor
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sopskyffel
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
簸箕
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 簸箕
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ちり取り, ごみ取り
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مجرفه الكناسه ( حيث تكنس الغبار إليها للمها والتخلص منها)
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - כף-אשפה, יעה
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