broomy

American  

[broo-mee] / ˈbru mi /

adjective

broomier, broomiest

1. covered with or abounding in broom.

   a golden broomy expanse along the trail.

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Etymology

Origin of broomy

First recorded in 1640–50; broom + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

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broomy

He stands more than 6ft, has a broomy black moustache and a whoosh of gray hair combed across his forehead.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2015

A nurse with broomy hair ran slap-bang into me.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

I do not have any Persian trees with the typical broomy bunch, as is so often seen in the Japanese walnut, and its hybrids.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Wi’ linked hands, we took the sands A-down yon winding river; And, oh! that hour and broomy bower, Can I forget it ever?

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns

Instinctively he wished himself out with her again on the broomy knowe.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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