besom

Example Sentences

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Her chariot was a mortar, which she pushed with a pestle, using her besom to erase her singular track.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Preston, Thomas

Well do I mind the first time I caught her in, the besom!

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

Not I!—to be beaten by a besom and flouted and mocked to boot!

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)