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• broom — [bru:m, brum] n ↑broom [: Old English; Origin: brom broom plant ;] [Sense: 1; Origin: because broom branches were used for making brushes] 1.) a large brush with a long handle, used for sweeping floors 2.) [U] a large bush with small yellow… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• broom — ► NOUN 1) a long handled brush used for sweeping. 2) a shrub with many yellow flowers and small or few leaves. ● a new broom sweeps clean Cf. ↑a new broom sweeps clean ORIGIN Old English, related to BRAMBLE(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

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• Broom-Hilda — Infobox Comic strip title=Broom Hilda caption= Broom Hilda and logo creator=Russell Myers status=Still in publication syndicate=Tribune Media Services (formerly Chicago Tribune Syndication) comictype=print genre=Humor first=April 19, 1970… …   Wikipedia

• Broom — A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibres attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. In the context of witchcraft, broomstick is likely to refer to the broom as a whole. A smaller whisk broom or brush… …   Wikipedia

• broom —    Many people in 19th century Suffolk, Sussex, and Wiltshire thought that during the month of *May the broom meant bad luck, even death; one must not bring its flowers into the house, nor *sweep the floor with broom twigs:    If you sweep the… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Broom Fell — Infobox Mountain Name = Broom Fell Photo = Broom Fell.png Caption = Broom Fell as seen from the west. Elevation = 511 m (1,676 ft) Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, North Western Fells Prominence = c. 25 m Parent peak = Lord s Seat… …   Wikipedia

• broom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brōm; akin to Old High German brāmo bramble Date: before 12th century 1. any of various leguminous shrubs (especially genera Cytisus and Genista) with long slender branches, small leaves, and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• broom — [OE] Broom was originally the name of the yellow flowered bush; its application to the long handled brush did not come about until the 15th century (the underlying notion is of a brush made from broom twigs tied to a handle). The plant name… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Broom — This name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is either a locational or a topographical surname. If the former, it derives from any one of the various places called Broom (in Bedfordshire, Durham and Worcestershire), Broome (in Norfolk, Shropshire and… …   Surnames reference