Meaning of broomie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who wields a broom.
   informal
2. A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed.
   Australia, informal
3. A broomtail (unbroken range mare).
   US, informal

Examples

“Two players are named broomies, and each is positioned at either end⟳ of the court. Each has two brooms.”

“In some big single-board sheds, where pickers-up and broomies have⟳ to dodge shearers who are continually crossing the board⟳, plenty of space is necessary, and the board⟳ should not be less than 10 feet wide.”

“The ′broomie′, or board⟳ boy, should keep⟳ the wool pushed up to the lamb being shorn.”

“In the lead⟳ of the broomies ran a beautiful cream buckskin, with black mane flying proudly!”

“1972 August, Adrienne Richard, Sundance and the Princess, Boys' Life, page 22, A broomtail, we called it, and usually broomies had their tails “pulled,” trimmed up, when they were broken to saddle, but I didn't want⟳ Sundance′s tail cut⟳.”

“One day after corralling a bunch of broomies in a pole corral, I roped a big blue-roan mare that wore a brand.”

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