broomie

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who wields a broom. informal
    — Two players are named broomies, and each is positioned at either end of the court. Each has two brooms.
  2. A person who sweeps the floor and possibly does other menial tasks in a shearing shed. Australia,informal
    — 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.
  3. A broomtail (unbroken range mare). US,informal
    — In the lead of the broomies ran a beautiful cream buckskin, with black mane flying proudly!

词形变化

broomies plural

词源

From broom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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