corn broom

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noun Northeastern U.S. Older Use.

a broom made from the panicles of broomcorn.

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Origin of corn broom

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby corn broom

corn beef, Corn Belt, corn borer, cornbraid, cornbread, corn broom, corn bunting, corn cake, corn chip, corn circle, corncob

How to use corn broom in a sentence

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I certainly found it very helpful when I realized we were going to have to grow our own corn.
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That must have been some corn for her to remember it 50 years later!
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Hilbert was a flashy man who helicoptered five miles daily over corn fields to and from the office.
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He is perfectly capable of introducing a bill requiring all cars to run on corn stalks instead of gasoline.
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The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.
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I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
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The Vine appears at intervals, but is not general through this region: Indian Corn is also rare, and appears in small patches.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Then, kindly and gently, the boy took Squinty over to the place where the corn crib was built on to the barn.
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If he has made up his mind that I'm stealing corn nothing I could say would change his opinion.
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