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plural dustpans
A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom. quotations examples
When she got downstairs, she would find the house tidy, but dirty. She could not rest until she had thoroughly cleaned; so she went down to the ash-pit with her dustpan.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […]