broomien.
/ˈbruːmi/, /ˈbrʊmi/, U.S. /ˈbrumi/, /ˈbrʊmi/, Australian English /ˈbruːmi/, New Zealand English /ˈbruːmi/ Australian and New Zealand.
A broom-hand who keeps the floor clean in a shearing shed.
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1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch) 16 Sept. 15/7 Broomie, a boy who keeps the board swept of locks, etc., at shearing.
1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vii. 147 The broomie, the broom-hand on the board (on the board is the shearer's way of saying ‘in the woolshed’).
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