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brush broom
noun
- Northeastern U.S. a whisk broom.
- South Midland and Southern U.S. a large broom made of bound twigs or husks and used for outdoor sweeping.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brush broom1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences
And, I don't know as you'll believe it, but it's a fact, the handle of that brush broom was gilded!
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I nebber will ferget once she sent me after some brush broom and told me ter hurry back.
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I sent her after brush broom and she went off and eat plums instead of hurrying back.'
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To remove the hulls, scrub the corn well with a new stiff brush broom kept for the purpose, changing the water often.
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