broomstick
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broomstick
Example Sentences
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"Ronnie is a genius. He could play with a broomstick and play pretty well," said Davis.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Fahmy painted a Keith Haring-style black-and-white mural at the top of the stairs and continued onto the second-floor walls using a paintbrush taped to a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
It’s friendly magic, the sort that lets you ride around on a broomstick instead of the kind that splits your soul into a bunch of little pieces.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
The staging of the former’s broomstick flights is “Top Gun” for tween girls, and her castle in the sky is a strangely scary redoubt somewhere between Tim Burton and a German Expressionist film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked so pleased with himself I’m enclosing a picture so you can see.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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