broomstick
Americannoun
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broomsticks
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noun
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Origin of broomstick
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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
At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding a broomstick.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
It ends with the flossing dance, a broomstick ride and the perfect title: “Gladiator Twosical.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024
Then she blindfolded me again and I whipped the air with the broomstick until the pinata burst open, releasing long, gooey tentacles of raw egg.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
“Those guys are enormous and they’re fast. Again, we can practice with guys that have broomsticks attached to their hands. This is going to be new for us in some ways.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Their thinking about Ohlone cuisine has evolved: pastas harken back to Medina’s Sicilian great-great-great grandfather, who used broomsticks to dry them, and to Mexican and vaquero- inflected dishes like Venison Chile Colorado.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
Instead of flying, the players run with ersatz broomsticks positioned between their legs as they jostle, catch, defend and tackle to score points and win.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
Rogozin also added: “Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what,” according to Reuters.
From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022
Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaverskin boots.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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