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broom

[broom, broom] / brum, brʊm /
NOUN
device for cleaning floors
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Before picking up a single scrub brush or broom, give yourself a map to your own kitchen by writing out the zones you’ll be tackling.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Or even some workshops that are more lighthearted, such as a hoped-for night on how to make a broom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

The Department of Homeland Security initially said a federal officer shot a man in the leg after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle by three migrants on 14 January.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Every few steps she would poke Rowdy in his rump with the broom and he seemed to be liking it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls