besom

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There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom.

From Literature

There had been a little variance in the "besom of destruction" which operated in favor of that mysterious cat.

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They have need of a besom that sweep the house with a turf.

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Arnold's store was situate in Lower Cove, where the sewing machine factory adjoining John E. Turnbull's sash factory stood, till the late besom of fire swept it away.

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Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain.

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