sawdusty

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sawdust +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

sawdusty (comparative more sawdusty, superlative most sawdusty)

  1. Resembling, or covered in, sawdust.
    • 2007 October 17, Oliver Schwaner-Albright, “On Time, on Budget: This Is New York?”, in New York Times[1]:
      SWEE PHUAH, the contractor for the new Momofuku Noodle Bar in the East Village that David Chang expects to open next week, pointed at the speakers in what was still a sawdusty construction site a few weeks ago.