单词 | corn-broom |
释义 | > as lemmascorn-broom corn-broom n. a broom made of the panicles of broom-corn or of the tops and dried seed-stalks of the maize-plant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > brushing or sweeping > [noun] > brush or broom besomc1000 bast broom1357 brush1377 broom14.. sweepc1475 duster1575 bristle brush1601 broom-besom1693 flag-broom1697 stock-brush1700 whisk1745 birch-broom1747 hair-broom1753 spry1796 corn-broomc1810 pope's head1824 whisker1825 sweeping-brusha1828 swish1844 spoke-brush1851 whisk broom1857 Turk's head1859 wisp1875 tube-brush1877 bass-broom?1881 crumb-brush1884 dusting-brush1907 palmetto brush1913 suede brush1915 swale1949 c1810 in T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. (1822) IV. 485 Straw bonnets,..Brushes,..Corn Brooms. 1823 J. Farmer & J. B. Moore Gaz. New-Hampsh. 127 Wooden ware, whips, corn brooms,..are manufactured by them. 1845 F. Douglas Life 74 Making corn-brooms, mats, horse-collars and baskets. 1930 M. de la Roche Finch's Fortune (1931) xxvi. 339 She was scrubbing the mud with a corn broom. 1963 Times 25 Feb. p. xvi/3 But youngsters in Canada swarmed to the rinks by the thousands and between the flashy long slide and the remarkable sweeping with corn brooms, as opposed to the Scots' scrubbing brush, they were completely sold on the game. < as lemmas |
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