broomstick
the long slender handle of a broom.
Origin of broomstick
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How to use broomstick in a sentence
In Muggle Quidditch, players maneuver around a field with one hand on their broomsticks at all times.
From J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels to Real Life: The Sport of Quidditch Takes Flight | Jace Lacob | March 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTQuidditch, as Harry Potter fans know, is played flying atop broomsticks.
From J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels to Real Life: The Sport of Quidditch Takes Flight | Jace Lacob | March 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTImprobably, a couple of broomsticks fall through the tanning bed handles, locking them both inside.
I don't doubt they have many a nice airing together on broomsticks.
The Princess and Curdie | George MacDonaldBut nowadays when people can really fly up in the air, not on broomsticks but on aeroplanes, it does not seem so nonsensical.
The Silent Readers | William D. Lewis
His thin legs outlined themselves against his baggy trousers with the effect of broomsticks under cloth.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayIn the castle they had "let in the womenfolk" who had ruled for three days with torrents of water and broomsticks.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenLaughing witches in red cutty sarks ride through the air on broomsticks.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for broomstick
/ (ˈbruːmˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm-) /
the long handle of a broom
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