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Broom handle   /brum hˈændəl/   Listen
Broom handle

noun
1.
The handle of a broom.  Synonym: broomstick.






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"Broom handle" Quotes from Famous Books



... but he grumbled a good deal. When he got his pay he went over to Thompson's saloon, and he didn't leave it until all the money was spent. When his wife heard of it she was mad, and I expect she gave Joel a taste of the broom handle." ...
— Helping Himself • Horatio Alger

... age of forty-eight. A porter's wife with a moustache is one of the best possible guarantees of respectability and security that a landlord can have. If Delacroix could have seen Mme. Cibot leaning proudly on her broom handle, he would assuredly have painted ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac



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