dustpan• E1 was in the kitchen, sweepingborax into a dustpan.• A dustpan full of horsemanure with the dustpan's brush stuck firmly into the stuff.• I dropped the dustpan and ran indoors.• She emptied the dustpan and searched for something else to do, straightening the Christmas cards on the mantelpiece as she passed.• I carried the mess, in the dustpan, into the garden.• No, with your hands, not with the dustpan.• Just like Victorine had become busy with dustpan and brush.