Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small short-handled broom used especially to brush clothes.

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  • noun A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.

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Examples

  • One of the slaves, a nearly naked boy looking to be in his late teens, was down on his hands and knees with a small whiskbroom sweeping the carpet set before the entrance to the bedroom.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • He made short, hesitant strokes with the broom, then put the broom down painfully, leaning it against the cart; he then reached into the cart, and picked up a whiskbroom and a dustpan.

    Chrome Circle Lackey, Mercedes 1994

  • He made short, hesitant strokes with the broom, then put the broom down painfully, leaning it against the cart; he then reached into the cart, and picked up a whiskbroom and a dustpan.

    The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • He made short, hesitant strokes with the broom, then put the broom down painfully, leaning it against the cart; he then reached into the cart, and picked up a whiskbroom and a dustpan.

    Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • Sometimes I would be down mere standing inside the door jumping up and down in my gray jacket with the whiskbroom in the pocket, and the manager would have to come and shout at me that I had customers upstairs.

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • "Here, you can take over the whiskbroom," he said, "just two or three licks-but let 'em feel it."

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

  • "James Citty" have been explored; yet a significant amount of information has been revealed by trowel and whiskbroom and careful recording.

    New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America J. Paul Hudson

  • Now remove the wire from the whiskbroom and sprinkle with baking soda.

    The Silly Syclopedia Noah [pseud.] Lott

  • He made use of his own comb and brush, tooth-brush, nail-file and whiskbroom.

    Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous

  • But Jim stopped the performance by suddenly imprisoning girl and whiskbroom in his arms.

    The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

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