broomstick
the long slender handle of a broom.
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How to use broomstick in a sentence
If I were a witch, I told my daughter, I would have flown home on a broomstick — by myself.
How I learned to love RV travel in my 90s | Eleanor Goldman Lurensky | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostOn Monday, they gave out 105,000 flowers, she said, less than the 240,000 of two years ago but up from 12,000 last year, when they used broomsticks to hand them out because of social distancing.
Public swarms Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day for the first time since the pandemic | Tara Bahrampour, Annie Linskey | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostA stick vacuum tends to bear a passing resemblance to a broomstick.
Best Dyson vacuum: Cleaners that really suck (In all the best ways!) | Charlotte Marcus | March 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceStick vacuums get their name from the fact that they look a little like a broomstick.
Pause for a few seconds, then tuck up again, pass the broomstick back over your feet, and reverse the movement to the starting position.
This 10-Move Core Workout Will Kick Your Ass | Hayden Carpenter | December 21, 2020 | Outside Online
Grab a broomstick, spray paint that gray, and attach it to the bouncy ball.
Miley Cyrus, Walter White, Oprah: Your Pop Culture Halloween Costume Guide | Kevin Fallon | October 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOther punishments would follow: the occasional whipping with an electric cord, a beating with a broomstick.
Handcuffs, Ropes, and an Open Window: How I Escaped an Unthinkable Childhood | Genyfer Spark | January 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNot an inappropriate night for the Chief Witch to fall off his broomstick and perish in a fierce firefight.
With a bucket of water and a broomstick he beat out the fire, and went for a run to warm up.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairThe largest and the least dirty white pocket-handkerchief they could find was immediately fastened on to the end of a broomstick.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. Kingston“And you wrote back asking whether it was true, or whether I had jumped over the broomstick,” retorted Lizzie, with a laugh.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodBut before the ghost could speak again, a gorgeous witch came prancing up, carrying a broomstick wound with red ribbons.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn WellsWhen a Sark-foot wife gets on her broomstick, the dames of Allonby are ready to mount.
British Dictionary definitions for broomstick
/ (ˈbruːmˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-) /
the long handle of a broom
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