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- noun The fine white powder remaining after
chalk is erased from a chalkboard
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Examples
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March 19th, 2010 at 12: 10 pm tombaker says: hey all, how are my fave righty doodywackers doing today?? all red-eyed and hoarse from chalkdust and screaming??
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Love her clothes, but my favorite was the green skirt she wore in Showmance (the chalkdust scene).
Emma from 'Glee': The most fashionable character on TV right now? | EW.com 2009
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Another student had to explain to her that she had chalkdust all over her chest.
Here's one from the "What were they thinking?" files. Angry Professor 2009
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I stop dead in my tracks from the taste of liquid chalkdust.
The Tea Tastes Awful, So I Must Be In… cjohnson 2005
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His heart sank, and suddenly Jake felt like simply creeping into that dark room with its bitter smells of winter and chalkdust.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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Further research showed that chalkdust had similar properties to opium and laudenum -- both of which were also used as medicinal ingredients a century ago -- and it was discontinued as a health supplement.
The Toque 2009
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Further research showed that chalkdust had similar properties to opium and laudenum -- both of which were also used as medicinal ingredients a century ago -- and it was discontinued as a health supplement.
The Toque 2009
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Visit Chalk Dust, the New River Valley's education blog, to see additional artists renderings of the school at blogs. roanoke.com / chalkdust.
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Visit Chalk Dust, the New River Valley's education blog, to see additional artists renderings of the school at blogs. roanoke.com / chalkdust.
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March 25th, 2010 at 4: 52 pm tombaker says: high on glenn beck’s chalkdust, they’d sooner wave their boogers and get punked in here, than get out in the real world and have their bluffs called where all could see.
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