broomie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Informal
- Australian usage
- American usage