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crop duster

[ krop duhs-ter ]

noun

  1. a pilot employed in crop-dusting from an airplane:

    In 1942, he went from being a crop duster in Kansas to being a fighter pilot in the Pacific.

  2. an airplane used in crop-dusting:

    I made my first solo flight in that old crop duster.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crop duster1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Hefner’s wife and children said he began as a crop duster and had an aviation career that spanned more than 40 years.

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Mariya Akilina, from the 46th Guards, flew in the medical services and as a crop duster in civil aviation for twenty years after the war; Nadya Popova and Klava Fomicheva worked as flight instructors.

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Hankey even hired a crop duster to fly over half of his 30 acres to test whether the plane would move more pollen around in the air and improve fertilization.

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Pentagon officials say that — like the workhorse crop duster — the fixed-wing Sky Warden is designed to be versatile, durable and relatively inexpensive.

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At age 7, his father paid for him to take a 15-minute flight on a crop duster.

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