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broomy

American  
[broo-mee] / ˈbru mi /

adjective

broomier, broomiest
  1. covered with or abounding in broom.

    a golden broomy expanse along the trail.


Etymology

Origin of broomy

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

Example Sentences

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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

This form has some broomy, upright growth, like the first, but it is never bunched.

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

The neighbour hollows, dry or wet, Spring shall with tender flowers beset; And oft the morning muser see Larks rising from the broomy lea, And every fairy wheel and thread Of cobweb, dew-bediamonded.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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