Meaning & use
broomstick
The long, slender handle of a broom, often mentioned in folklore as what witches fly on.
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In the story, the witch soared over the rooftops on her broomstick.
He used an old broomstick to knock the cobwebs from the ceiling.
A note on using this word
"Broomstick" usually appears in fairy tales and Halloween imagery rather than in everyday descriptions of cleaning.
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