crop duster
noun
: a person who sprays crops especially with fungicidal or insecticidal dusts from an airplane
also : the airplane thus used
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That plane, apparently a crop duster, was registered to J&J Air Service LLC of Weiner. 
Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022 That plane, a crop duster, was registered to Hackberry Flying Service of Caraway. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022 Since the 1920s, farmers have grown rice in the Sacramento Valley, where old hands fly crop duster planes and rice emblems mark the county buildings. Ari Plachta, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021 Sky Warden’s Air Tractor origins as a crop duster, rather than as a commercial or business transport or intermediate training aircraft, yield durability, simplicity and robustness without the need for reverse engineering Savoie says. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 25 May 2021 Designed as a crop duster by a Polish state aircraft bureau, the M-15 was considerably worse than the plane it was meant to replace, the 1950s-era An-2 Colt. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020 Two iconic sequences stand out: Grant, on the run in a flat, open field in Indiana, being attacked by a crop duster; and the grand finale, with Grant and Saint clambering up Mount Rushmore. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2020 According to a Facebook post from the Diocese of Lafayette on Sunday, members of St. Anne Church on Cow Island called upon crop duster pilots to help spread their blessing to the community. USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2019 The incident occurred when a pilot flew a crop duster-style plane at a low altitude in order to drop 350 gallons of pink water as part of a gender reveal celebration. Theo Wayt, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2019 See More
Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022 That plane, a crop duster, was registered to Hackberry Flying Service of Caraway. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2022 Since the 1920s, farmers have grown rice in the Sacramento Valley, where old hands fly crop duster planes and rice emblems mark the county buildings. Ari Plachta, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2021 Sky Warden’s Air Tractor origins as a crop duster, rather than as a commercial or business transport or intermediate training aircraft, yield durability, simplicity and robustness without the need for reverse engineering Savoie says. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 25 May 2021 Designed as a crop duster by a Polish state aircraft bureau, the M-15 was considerably worse than the plane it was meant to replace, the 1950s-era An-2 Colt. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020 Two iconic sequences stand out: Grant, on the run in a flat, open field in Indiana, being attacked by a crop duster; and the grand finale, with Grant and Saint clambering up Mount Rushmore. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2020 According to a Facebook post from the Diocese of Lafayette on Sunday, members of St. Anne Church on Cow Island called upon crop duster pilots to help spread their blessing to the community. USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2019 The incident occurred when a pilot flew a crop duster-style plane at a low altitude in order to drop 350 gallons of pink water as part of a gender reveal celebration. Theo Wayt, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1939, in the meaning defined above