broom-straw

Instead of a piece of tin for a halo, the pink woman is crowned with a wild head of broom-straw hair.

Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006

Instead of a piece of tin for a halo, the pink woman is crowned with a wild head of broom-straw hair.

Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006

You can tell when a cake is done by running in a broom-straw, or the blade of a bright knife; if it comes out without sticking, it is done, but if not, set it back.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

"I can quite imagine you, astride the rudder of this thing, with a punt-pole as long as a ship's mast and as light as a broom-straw, bumping and skipping along in the utter darkness on the other side of the Moon; scaling mountains, bridging yawning chasms, and skimming over sombre sea-beds!"

Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Ellsworth Douglass

Their beds were made of what is there called "broom-straw."

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

To ascertain if a large cake is sufficiently baked, pierce it with a broom-straw through the center; if done, the straw will come out free from dough; if not done, dough will adhere to the straw.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

His hair, normally neatly oiled and slicked, stuck out like frayed broom-straw.

A Place so Foreign Cory Doctorow

Kayak Bill drew once or twice on his pipe with apparently unsatisfactory results, for he slowly removed his sombrero, drew a broom-straw from inside the band, extracted the stem of the corn-cob and ran the straw through it.

Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

The molds were of candle-shape, joined in batteries of six or twelve, with a pert handle at one side, and tiny holes at the tips, through which the wick-ends were thrust, by help of a long broom-straw.

Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams

Their beds were made of what is there called "broom-straw."

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society