broomed

broomed

1. simple past and past participle of broom

broomed (not comparable)

1. Carrying or using a broom.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, “Gertie”, in The House of All Sorts:

     Gertie was circling us joyously. Her glad free yelps brought the cousins rushing from their house, one lady furnished with a broom, the other with a duster. One dashed to the pansy-bed waving the duster protectively. ¶ The other broomed, militant, at the end of the delphinium row.

   • 1952, Dylan Thomas, “In Country Sleep”, in Collected Poems, 1934-1952, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, page 162:

     From the broomed witch's spume you are shielded by fern
     And flower of country sleep and the greenwood keep.

• bed-room, bedroom, boredom