warminster broom

[ wawr-min-ster ]

/ ˈwɔrˌmɪn stər /

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a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

After Warminster, England

The idea that blends are just “diluted malts” was born and has contributed to its lasting image problem, Broom says.
Don't Be a Single-Malt Scotch Snob|Kayleigh Kulp|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is the “glue that holds often flaky single malts together,” as Broom puts it.
Don't Be a Single-Malt Scotch Snob|Kayleigh Kulp|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We sat in his dimly lit office—no bigger than a broom closet—where we commiserated over the current state of American medicine.
I Got a Weed License in Minutes|Daniela Drake|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Silently, he moves to grab a kombo (a whisk broom instrument)—then, softly, he taps her shoulders and head.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The blood rushed to my head, but I only answered, “A new broom sweeps clean.”
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last a servant-girl came to the open door with a broom in her hand to survey the aspect of things in general.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
And the boy waited with the new broom in his hand, expecting every moment to see the door opened from the outside.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
A broken broom, covered with very ancient cobwebs, lay under one manger, and the remnants of a stable-bucket under another.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Suddenly Randulf's housekeeper fell upon them with a broom, and the boys scampered away, amidst shouts and laughter.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
It is easy to see that such moving dams of ice may sweep the bed of a river as with a great broom.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler