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

He wagged his tail so quickly you could hardly see it; then his tail seemed to wag him, and he quivered all over like a heather besom bewitched.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon

The northeast winds, like a gigantic besom swung by the hand of some god with a passion for cleanliness, constantly swept away the dust and ashes of the firmament.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

I then endeavoured to remove the dish with the stable besom.

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon