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I had spent a lot of time and money refinishing a broomhandle Mauser.
What is one of the most funniest moments you ever had when you pulled the trigger? 2009
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I had spent a lot of time and money refinishing a broomhandle Mauser.
What is one of the most funniest moments you ever had when you pulled the trigger? 2009
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Lots of cool turn of the century ordnance, including Maxim guns, Colt Potato Diggers, Krag-Jorgensens, Model 97s, an 1895 Winchester, a broomhandle Mauser and more.
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I had so much fun dancing around to that song, kicking the air and swinging my broomhandle bo staff.
Turtle Power! Springfield style Dean 2008
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I had so much fun dancing around to that song, kicking the air and swinging my broomhandle bo staff.
Archive 2008-06-01 Dean 2008
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I picked the broom up, weeping now not just from grief but also from the horrible discomfort of that unreachable itch, then realized I couldn't do what I needed to do - a one-armed man can't snap a broomhandle over his knee.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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"Breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoritic acid liquid on detainees, pouring cold water on naked detainees, beating detainees with broomhandle and a chair, threatening them with rape, sodomizing a detainee with chemical lights and perhaps a broomstick, sicking military dogs on detainees."
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You could work it down to small, say the size of a broomhandle.
Oral History Interview with John Wesley Snipes, 1976 September 20 and November 20. Interview H-98. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By John Wesley Snipes John Wesley Snipes 1976
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However, the Scarecrow's broomhandle somehow got pointed downwards, and he headed very fast for the ground.
Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz Robert J. Evans
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The four watched in amazement as they saw her rubbing a pink ointment on to a broomhandle belonging to an elf.
The Magic Faraway Tree Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1943
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