dust

slang for flour.

1893. Dec. 12, `A Traveller's Note':

«A bush cook said to me to-day, we gave each sundowner apannikin of dust.»

Dust
·noun Gold dust. II. Dust ·noun Coined money; cash. III. Dust ·vt To sprinkle with dust. IV. Dust...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Dust
Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishin...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
dust
Money. Down with your dust; deposit the money. To raise or kick up a dust; to make a disturbance or ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dust
'To kick up a dust,' is to make a row, to cause a great disturbance. A phrase common in England and ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
dust
The refuse of biscuit in the bread-room. Also used for money. This term probably got into use in Ind...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Dust
[Mourning] ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Copple dust
·- Cupel dust. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Dust-point
·noun An old rural game. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
kick up a dust, to
To create a row or disturbance. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book