corn broom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of corn broom
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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To this class of plants belong corn, broom corn, sorghum, sugar cane, bagasse, flax, hemp, and the cereal straws.
From Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 by Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie) Dewey
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 Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 25, September 17, 1870 by Various
I have known boys to use a corn broom to spray with.
From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Ellen Eddy Shaw
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