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besom
noun as in broom
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There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom.
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He shall be swept with the besom of destruction.
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They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.
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Arnold's store was situate in Lower Cove, where the sewing machine factory adjoining John E. Turnbull's sash factory stood, till the late besom of fire swept it away.
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I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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