broomy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of broomy
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
O'er the plain The light dews rise, sprinkling the thistle's head, And hanging its clear drops on the wild waste Of broomy fragrance.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Robinson, Mary
Therefore, bathing our feet in beauty, we went bounding over the flowery fields and broomy braes to the grove-girdled Craig-Hall.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
In former days, down they used to go, right and left, in potato or turnip-field, broomy brae or stubble—but now his sight is dim and wavering, and his touch trembles on the trigger.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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