whisk broom

noun

: a small broom with a short handle used especially for light cleaning or as a clothes brush

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Its cedar mills, the railroad, and the whisk broom industry were all destroyed by hurricanes. — Denise Hruby, Sun Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024 The next morning her whisk broom exposed a pearly array of human teeth: the lower jaw of an adult Neanderthal skeleton. — James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019

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First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of whisk broom was in 1831

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whisk broom

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: a small broom with a short handle
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