Twenty other words for Dust, by Charlie Maku

Ashes - Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust.

Cinders - The school hall was burnt to cinders last night.

Dirt - ‘Charlie, I can see dirt under those nails. Get them scrubbed if you want any supper.’

Dust Bunnies - ‘Supper? The only thing to eat around here is dust bunnies.’

Earth - Get me off this earth.

Filth - ‘Come over here right now, Charlie. I’m going to clean out that filt’y mout’ o’ yers.’

Flakes - ‘If you keep scratching yer scalp like that of course its going to come off in flakes.’

Fragments - When Father Pete stepped on that landmine he was blown to fragments.

Gilings - I don’t have the gilingsest idea what that means.

Grime - This orphanage is pretty grimy.

Grit - Grit your teeth, we’re almost old enough to run away.

Ground - ‘Day by day Charlie, you are digging my soul a hole in the ground.’

Lint - There’s nothing in my pocket but dust and lint.

Loess - You win some, you loess some.

Powder - ‘As the Lord is my witness, Charlie Maku, if you don’t fold yer sheets I will crush you into powder.’

Refuse - Refuse to Loess

Sand - Is what you get on holiday. Dust is the same thing but instead you see it every day and you’re starving and you live with psychotic nuns.

Smut - When being sinful my preferred approach is via smut.

Soil - I have never seen such a thing.

Soot - If I lived in Victorian times I would be covered in soot but instead I’m covered in fucking dust.

(taken from The Incredible Adventures of Daniel Maku - a novel)