corn broom

American  

noun

Northeastern U.S. Older Use.

1. a broom made from the panicles of broomcorn.

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Etymology

Origin of corn broom

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Eyes fixed on the spot located 126 feet away, the skip pushes off the hack and contorts into a Manitoba Tuck, sliding steady and low with his Tiger corn broom in hand, away from the center line, right on broom.

From Los Angeles Times

While the stalwart house-keeper was thus occupied, Mr. Pimble, with a yellow silk handkerchief tied over his straggling locks, and his pale, palm-figured wrapper drawn closely around him, scraped the stubbed claw of a worn-out corn broom over the kitchen floor, clapping his heelless slippers after him as he moved slowly along.

From Project Gutenberg

To this class of plants belong corn, broom corn, sorghum, sugar cane, bagasse, flax, hemp, and the cereal straws.

From Project Gutenberg

I have known boys to use a corn broom to spray with.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a chiropodist now travelling in the East who removes excrescences of the feet simply by sweeping them away with a corn broom.

From Project Gutenberg