"slut's wool" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /slʌts wʊl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-slut's wool.ogg
Etymology: slut (“a slovenly, untidy person (archaic)”) + -'s + wool. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=slut's wool}} slut's wool (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture. Tags: idiomatic, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Cleaning Synonyms: dust bunny, house moss
    Sense id: en-slut's_wool-en-noun--nQSPC3g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "There have been a great many things to be seen to, in order to make everything cosy, since Mr. Walsh had developed bachelor's habits after the death of his first wife, and some things had become none too savoury. I had a large array of cobwebs and hanks of slut's wool to sweep out from under the beds, and also a fair deal of scrubbing and scouring to do.",
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        "(idiomatic, slang) Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture."
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          "word": "dust bunny"
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