brush broom

noun

1. Northeastern U.S. a whisk broom.
2. South Midland and Southern U.S. a large broom made of bound twigs or husks and used for outdoor sweeping.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brush broom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

After taking in a exciting curling showdown, you'll find that you'll be wielding your brush, broom or mop around your floors with unexpected vigour.

From BBC

The strange thing here is that there are still more than 200 brush, broom and mop makers in the U.S.

From New York Times

Sweep, chimney sweep, Is the common cry I keep, If you rightly understand me; With my brush, broom, and my rake, Such cleanly work I make, There’s few can go beyond me.

From Project Gutenberg

With a brush broom the hunter dusts his snowshoe tracks full as he recedes from the trap until he is off 30 or 40 ft.; after that no further precaution is necessary for an ordinary fox.

From Project Gutenberg

Here he had books, tools, stuffed birds, fishing-tackle, a wonderfully untidy lot of specimen birds’ nests and their eggs arranged on shelves; in short, in addition to a pallet bedstead and bed that were very rarely used, a most glorious muddle of the odds and ends and collections dear to the heart of a country lad, all of which were under an interdict not to be touched by the brush, broom, or duster of the maids.

From Project Gutenberg